CVE-2000-0580 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a continuous stream of binary zeros to various TCP and UDP ports, leading to significant CPU utilization and system unresponsiveness. This is a medium-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to achieve partial availability impact. While no active exploitation is noted, a public exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000.0.2195CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:2000.0.2195:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000.2072CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:2000.2072:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.