CVE-2001-1055

Windows 98 and 98SE - Denial of Service via Malformed ARP Request Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-1055. PoCs published by Paul Starzetz.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows network stack caused by flooding ARP packets, leading to resource exhaustion. It references a security advisory but does not contain actual exploit code.

Description

The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of malformed ARP request packets with random source IP and MAC addresses, as demonstrated by ARPNuke.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Paul Starzetz · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21040

The provided text describes a denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows network stack caused by flooding ARP packets, leading to resource exhaustion. It references a security advisory but does not contain actual exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Microsoft Windows (unspecified versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target · Ability to send ARP packets
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113

Scores

EPSS 0.2226
EPSS Percentile 97.4%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_98
microsoft/windows_98se
Published Jul 30, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026