PT-2000-1345 · Microsoft · Cifs Computer Browser Service+1

Published 2000-05-25 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2000-0403

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows NT 4.0

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of host announcement requests to the master browse tables. This is related to the CIFS Computer Browser service.

Recommendations For Windows NT 4.0, consider disabling the CIFS Computer Browser service as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0403

Affected Products

Cifs Computer Browser Service

Windows Nt 4.0

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0403 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1261 · Note
• http://microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=263307 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-036 · Note