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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0581

Windows 2000 Telnet Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a continuous stream of binary zeros, which causes the server to crash.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 22.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Windows 2000 Telnet Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a continuous stream of binary zeros, which causes the server to crash.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
22.41% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 June 2000
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%26 October 2026: 22.41%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 22.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-20047source ↗Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Telnet Server Denial of Servicewindows · SecureXpert Labsdos30 June 2000yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.