CVE-1999-0723 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Client Server Runtime Subsystem (CSRSS) of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000. An attacker can exploit this by causing all CSRSS worker threads to wait for user input, leading to system unresponsiveness. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a severe impact (complete denial of service) that can be achieved remotely with medium attack complexity and no authentication. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.