CVE-2000-1079

High CVSS 7.5

Published 2000-08-29 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-1079, 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

Interactions between the CIFS Browser Protocol and NetBIOS as implemented in Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000 allow remote attackers to modify dynamic NetBIOS name cache entries via a spoofed Browse Frame Request in a unicast or UDP broadcast datagram.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-1079

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