CVE-1999-1361 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 when running the WINS service. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a flood of malformed packets, leading to resource exhaustion, server slowdown, and event log filling. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially impacting system availability and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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