CVE-2000-0211

Windows Media Services - Denial of Service via Misordered Handshake Packets

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0211. PoCs published by Kit Knox.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit sends a sequence of malformed packets to the Microsoft Media Unicast Server, causing a denial of service by disrupting the handshake process. The server crashes due to misordered asynchronous handshake requests.

Description

The Windows Media server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of client handshake packets that are sent in an improper sequence, aka the "Misordered Windows Media Services Handshake" vulnerability.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Kit Knox · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19759

This exploit sends a sequence of malformed packets to the Microsoft Media Unicast Server, causing a denial of service by disrupting the handshake process. The server crashes due to misordered asynchronous handshake requests.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Media Unicast Server 4.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server on port 1755
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1000

Scores

EPSS 0.2133
EPSS Percentile 97.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_media_services 4.0
microsoft/windows_media_services 4.1
Published Feb 23, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026