Microsoft Windows 2000 Port denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Port Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2000-0580. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Port Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Windows 2000 Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a continuous stream of binary zeros to various TCP and UDP ports, which significantly increases the CPU utilization.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was published 06/30/2000 by Mike Murray (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0580. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 134 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling All Ports. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4823), Exploit-DB (20048), SecurityFocus (BID 1415†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4077†). Similar entry is available at VDB-15726. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
06/30/2000 +134 days 🔍
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03/31/2004 +1370 days 🔍
06/25/2014 +3738 days 🔍
06/07/2025 +4000 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Mike Murray
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0580 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0580
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15725
X-Force: 4823
SecurityFocus: 1415 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Remote CPU-overload Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4077 - [MS00-050] Windows 2000 Server DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 14:49
Updated: 06/07/2025 11:46
Changes: 06/25/2014 14:49 (65), 06/07/2025 11:46 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:D59:103

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