CVE-1999-1579

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-12-14 · last changed 2026-09-23

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1579, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The Cenroll ActiveX control (xenroll.dll) for Terminal Server Editions of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by creating a large number of arbitrary files on the target machine.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1579

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P