Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Control Manager denial of service
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Service Control Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Windows NT Service Control Manager (SCM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed argument in a resource enumeration request.
The weakness was shared 05/16/2000 as MS99-055 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0980. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10204 (Microsoft Windows NT SCM Malformed Resource Enumeration Request DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows, running in the context r and relying on port 139.
Applying the patch MS99-055 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3427) and Tenable (10204).
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 10204
Nessus Name: Microsoft Windows NT SCM Malformed Resource Enumeration Request DoS
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS99-055
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-1999-0980 (🔍)
X-Force: 3427
Vulnerability Center: 749 - [MS99-055] Windows NT services.exe DOS, High
Entry
Created: 06/24/2014 16:36Updated: 05/08/2019 15:27
Changes: 06/24/2014 16:36 (43), 05/08/2019 15:27 (24)
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