CVE-1999-0179 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95, where the system crashes or locks up when a Samba client executes a "cd .." command on a file share. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.