Microsoft Windows 2000 RDP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000. This affects an unknown part of the component RDP Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0014. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component RDP 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:

Remote Data Protocol (RDP) in Windows 2000 Terminal Service does not properly handle certain malformed packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, aka the "Invalid RDP Data" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was released 02/12/2001 with Microsoft as MS01-006 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 361 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90060 (Microsoft Windows 2000 RDP Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS01-006)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS01-006 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6035), SecurityFocus (BID 2326†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-917†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS01-006
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
01/31/2001 +349 days 🔍
02/12/2001 +12 days 🔍
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02/10/2003 +728 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +4155 days 🔍
10/11/2025 +4123 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-006
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0014 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0014
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16381
X-Force: 6035
SecurityFocus: 2326 - Microsoft Windows 2000 RDP DoS Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 917 - [MS01-006] Microsoft Windows 2000 RDP DoS Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 10:52
Updated: 10/11/2025 01:04
Changes: 06/27/2014 10:52 (65), 05/09/2019 14:42 (2), 10/11/2025 01:04 (18)
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