CVE-2000-0581 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Server. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the server by sending a continuous stream of binary zeros. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium) due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including an entry in ExploitDB.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000.2031CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:2000.2031:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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
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