Microsoft Windows 4.0 SMB Mount denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows 4.0. This affects an unknown part of the component SMB Mount Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-1999-1387. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 4.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component SMB Mount Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Windows NT 4.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly via malformed inputs or packets, such as those generated by a Linux smbmount command that was compiled on the Linux 2.0.29 kernel but executed on Linux 2.0.25.

The weakness was presented 04/02/1997 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1387. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Additional details are provided at marc.theaimsgroup.com. See VDB-13871 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/02/1997 🔍
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06/17/2014 +6285 days 🔍
04/16/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13873
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 01:13
Updated: 04/16/2026 17:41
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:13 (42), 04/03/2019 16:22 (10), 04/16/2026 17:41 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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