CVE-1999-1593
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 18.13% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 95 · microsoft/windows 98
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/1998-1999/msg00371.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0264.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0269.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0271.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0274.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0276.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0289.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0298.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2221Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/win2k/185.phpBroken Link, Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/1998-1999/msg00371.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0264.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0269.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0271.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0274.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0276.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0289.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0298.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2221Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/win2k/185.phpBroken Link, Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.