CVE-1999-0815 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the SNMP agent of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 prior to Service Pack 5. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by exhausting system memory through a large volume of SNMP queries. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:server:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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