CVE-2001-0345 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet service. Attackers can exploit this by preventing idle Telnet sessions from timing out, leading to an accumulation of inactive sessions that can exhaust system resources. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to cause partial availability impact. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security professionals.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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.