CVE-1999-1593 Other in n/a

What is CVE-1999-1593?

CVE-1999-1593 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 15 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1593?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1593?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1593 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-1999-1593 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-7p6m-p6r7-2f8p.