CVE-2000-1079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2000-11-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 21.0% 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_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98::gold::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:::::::*

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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 Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20994.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-11-29T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:36.418Z

Reserved: 2000-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1079

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-08-29T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-1079

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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