CVE-2002-0597

Public Exploit

Description

LANMAN service on Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU/memory exhaustion) via a stream of malformed data to microsoft-ds port 445.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 71.98% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory iss.net Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/693099	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.osvdb.org/5179	vdb entry
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8867.php	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4532	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0025.html	mailing list
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268066	mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ320751	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0597?: CVE-2002-0597 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0597?: To fix CVE-2002-0597, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-0597 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-0597 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~72% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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