Microsoft » Windows 2000 : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs, CVSS score between 7 and 7.99

Denial of service in Windows NT Local Security Authority (LSA) through a malformed LSA request.

An attacker can conduct a denial of service in Windows NT by executing a program with a malformed file image header.

Denial of service in various Windows systems via malformed, fragmented IGMP packets.

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Terminal Server systems allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of identical fragmented IP packets, aka jolt2 or the "IP Fragment Reassembly" vulnerability.

Task Manager in Windows 2000 does not allow local users to end processes with uppercase letters named (1) winlogon.exe, (2) csrss.exe, (3) smss.exe and (4) services.exe via the Process tab which could allow local users to install Trojan horses that cannot be stopped with the Task Manager.

Windows 2000 allows local users to prevent the application of new group policy settings by opening Group Policy files with exclusive-read access.

Memory leak in the Windows 2000 kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SMB request hang) via a NetBIOS continuation packet.

Utility Manager in Windows 2000 launches winhlp32.exe while Utility Manager is running with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain system privileges via a "Shatter" style attack that sends a Windows message to cause Utility Manager to launch winhlp32 by directly accessing the context sensitive help and bypassing the GUI, then sending another message to winhlp32 in order to open a user-selected file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0908.

PNP_GetDeviceList (upnp_getdevicelist) in UPnP for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a DCE RPC request that specifies a large output buffer size, a variant of CVE-2006-6296, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2120.

The SynAttackProtect protection in Microsoft Windows 2003 before SP1 and Windows 2000 before SP4 with Update Roll-up uses a hash of predictable data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of SYN packets that produce identical hash values, which slows down the hash table lookups.

The default configuration of the DNS Server service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, and the Microsoft DNS Server service on Windows NT 4.0, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.

The server driver (srv.sys) in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SMB_COM_TRANSACTION SMB message that contains a string without null character termination, which leads to a NULL dereference in the ExecuteTransaction function, possibly related to an "SMB PIPE," aka the "Mailslot DOS" vulnerability. NOTE: the name "Mailslot DOS" was derived from incomplete initial research; the vulnerability is not associated with a mailslot.

The Workstation service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large maxlen value in an NetrWkstaUserEnum RPC request.

rpcrt4.dll (aka the RPC runtime library) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, XP Professional x64 Edition, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Server 2003 x64 Edition and x64 Edition SP2, and Vista and Vista x64 Edition allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RPCSS service stop and system restart) via an RPC request that uses NTLMSSP PACKET authentication with a zero-valued verification trailer signature, which triggers an invalid dereference. NOTE: this also affects Windows 2000 SP4, although the impact is an information leak.

Memory leak in the LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Server 2003 SP2, and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) on Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and service outage) via (1) LDAP or (2) LDAPS requests with unspecified OID filters, aka "Active Directory Memory Leak Vulnerability."

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP outage) via a series of TCP sessions that have pending data and a (1) small or (2) zero receive window size, and remain in the FIN-WAIT-1 or FIN-WAIT-2 state indefinitely, aka "TCP/IP Orphaned Connections Vulnerability."

Stack consumption vulnerability in the LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) on Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) on Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a malformed (1) LDAP or (2) LDAPS request, aka "LSASS Recursive Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate the share and servername fields in SMB packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted packet, aka "SMB Null Pointer Vulnerability."

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable.

Buffer overflow in Windows Shell (used as the Windows Desktop) allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a custom URL handler that has not been removed for an application that has been improperly uninstalled.

Buffer overflow in the rendering for (1) Windows Metafile (WMF) or (2) Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image formats in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000 SP2 through SP4, and XP SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed WMF or EMF image.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to "An unchecked buffer" and possibly buffer overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) format image, aka "Windows Metafile Vulnerability."

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, Server 2003 and 2003 SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving unhandled exceptions, memory resident applications, and incorrectly "unloading chained exception."

The OLE Dialog component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with a malformed OLE object that triggers memory corruption.

vbscript.dll in VBScript 5.1, 5.6, 5.7, and 5.8 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by referencing a (1) local pathname, (2) UNC share pathname, or (3) WebDAV server with a crafted .hlp file in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution involving winhlp32.exe when the F1 key is pressed, aka "VBScript Help Keypress Vulnerability."