CVE-2007-3898 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2007-3898?

CVE-2007-3898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 14 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, uses predictable transaction IDs when querying other DNS servers, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS replies, poison the DNS cache, and facilitate further attack vectors.

Weakness: CWE-16

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3898?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-3898 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-3898 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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-5m49-9cvp-c8jj.