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CVE-2000-0403

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-05-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The CIFS Computer Browser service on Windows NT 4.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of host announcement requests to the master browse tables, aka the "HostAnnouncement Flooding" or "HostAnnouncement Frame" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=263307
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1261
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-036
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=263307
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1261
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-036

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