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CVE-2001-0540

Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mem

Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.29541
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft terminal serverall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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et-openET POLICY MS Terminal Server Root loginprotocol-command-decode
et-openET POLICY MS Remote Desktop POS User Login Requestprotocol-command-decode
snort-communityPOLICY-OTHER Microsoft Windows Terminal server RDP attemptprotocol-command-decode
snort-communityPOLICY-OTHER Microsoft Windows Terminal server request attemptprotocol-command-decode
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighTerminal Server Client Connection History Cleared - Registry
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Scoring & Timeline

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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 NVD30 Oct 2001 · 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3099
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-040
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6912
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