Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1361 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1/4.0

047910
CVSS 6.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
microsoft

Summary

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Microsoft
2