CVE-2000-1079

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-08-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Interactions between the CIFS Browser Protocol and NetBIOS as implemented in Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000 allow remote attackers to modify dynamic NetBIOS name cache entries via a spoofed Browse Frame Request in a unicast or UDP broadcast datagram.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 95: all versions
Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0116.html
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/045.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1620
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5168
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1079
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0116.html
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/045.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1620
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5168
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1079

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