CVE-2000-0073

Microsoft Windows 95/98/Enterprise Server 4/NT Server 4/Terminal Server 4/Workstation 4 - Riched Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) reader allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed control word.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-11-17 CVE Published
1999-11-17 First Exploit
2000-01-22 CVE Reserved
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=win-malformed-rtf-control-word	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19633	1999-11-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ249973	2023-11-07
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-005	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 98 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98"				*		gold		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		-		Affected