CVE-2001-0346 describes a handle leak vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet service. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service by repeatedly initiating and terminating Telnet sessions, exhausting system resources. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to partial availability impact. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness despite its age and inactive status on hot lists.
| 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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.