CVE-2000-1218 Misconfiguration in n/a

What is CVE-2000-1218?

CVE-2000-1218 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 21 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The default configuration for the domain name resolver for Microsoft Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP sets the QueryIpMatching parameter to 0, which causes Windows to accept DNS updates from hosts that it did not query, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache.

Weakness: CWE-346

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1218?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se, Microsoft Windows Nt, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2000-1218?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2000-1218 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-1218 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-wwpq-hgfx-qq8x.