VDB-16677 · CVE-2001-0324 · BID 2340

Microsoft Windows 98/2000 Java Applet UDP Socket denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows 98/2000 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component Java Applet Handler. The manipulation as part of a UDP Socket leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Java clients allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a Java applet that opens a large number of UDP sockets, which prevents the host from establishing any additional UDP connections, and possibly causes a crash.

The issue has been introduced in 06/25/1998. The weakness was disclosed 05/03/2001 by Georgi Guninski (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0324. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1043 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/25/1998 🔍
02/06/2001 +957 days 🔍
05/03/2001 +86 days 🔍
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07/04/2014 +4810 days 🔍
04/14/2019 +1745 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0324 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 2340 - Microsoft Windows UDP Socket DoS Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 10:55
Updated: 04/14/2019 17:56
Changes: 07/04/2014 10:55 (41), 04/14/2019 17:56 (14)
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