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CVE-1999-0815

Memory leak in SNMP agent in Windows NT 4.0 before SP5 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service (memory ex

Memory leak in SNMP agent in Windows NT 4.0 before SP5 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of queries.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.17101
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft windows nt<= 4.0
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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snort-communitySERVER-IIS codebrowser Exair accessweb-application-activity
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productmediumWow6432Node Windows NT CurrentVersion Autorun Keys Modification
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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD31 Dec 1999 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q196/2/70.aspPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1974
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A952
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