CVE-1999-1579

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-04-21 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

The Cenroll ActiveX control (xenroll.dll) for Terminal Server Editions of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by creating a large number of arbitrary files on the target machine.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3B242366
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3062
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6827
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7107
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3B242366
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3062
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6827
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7107

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