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CVE-1999-1593

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Description

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.6/10
Exploit Score
4.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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