CVE-2000-0168

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-03-04 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0168, 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

Microsoft Windows 9x operating systems allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via a pathname that includes file device names, aka the "DOS Device in Path Name" vulnerability.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0168

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