CVE-1999-1127
HIGHWindows NT 4.0 - Denial of Service via Malformed Named Pipe RPC Connections
Title source: llmDescription
Windows NT 4.0 does not properly shut down invalid named pipe RPC connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a series of connections containing malformed data, aka the "Named Pipes Over RPC" vulnerability.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q195/7/33.asp
Broken Link vdb-entry
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http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/523.php
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1998/ms98-017
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.1508
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows_nt
4.0 (4 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 31, 1999
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026