CVE-2002-1712 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 25.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a flood of empty TCP/IP packets with the ACK and FIN bits set to the NetBIOS port (TCP/139), as demonstrated by stream3.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 25.76% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows nt |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - TCP Stack Denial of Service (1) | 2001-04-13 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - TCP Stack Denial of Service (2) | 2001-04-13 |
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252616
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3Bq280446
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3967
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8037
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252616
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3Bq280446
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3967
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8037
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