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CVE-2000-0885

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Buffer overflows in Microsoft Network Monitor (Netmon) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long Browser Name in a CIFS Browse Frame, a long SNMP community name, or a long username or filename in an SMB session, aka the "Netmon Protocol Parsing" vulnerability. NOTE: It is highly likely that this candidate will be split into multiple candidates.

Affected products

• Microsoft Systems Management Server: 1.2, 2.0
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-083
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5399
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-083
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5399

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