CVE-2000-0168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Windows 9x operating systems allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via a pathname that includes file device names, aka the "DOS Device in Path Name" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-07-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 16.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98::gold::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16571.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1043
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/advisory.html?id=2126
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCENECCAA.labs%40ussrback.com

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98se

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-07-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:05:54.071Z

Reserved: 2000-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0168

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-03-04T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0168

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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