Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SNMP Agent memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. This affects an unknown function of the component SNMP Agent. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0815. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SNMP Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in SNMP agent in Windows NT 4.0 before SP5 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of queries.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/1999 as not defined knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at support.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0815. 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.

Upgrading to version NT 4.0 SP5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1004.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1974) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-713†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Upgrade: Windows NT 4.0 SP5

Snort ID: 1004
Snort Message: SERVER-IIS codebrowser Exair access
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Timelineinfo

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06/22/2014 +4168 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: support.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0815 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0815
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15122

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X-Force: 1974 - Microsoft Windows NT SNMP agent memory leak
Vulnerability Center: 713 - Windows NT 4.0 SNMP agent DOS, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 16:44
Updated: 04/20/2026 01:43
Changes: 06/22/2014 16:44 (41), 05/08/2019 10:52 (22), 04/20/2026 01:43 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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