CVE-2000-0834

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - 'telnet.exe' NTLM Authentication

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Windows 2000 telnet client attempts to perform NTLM authentication by default, which allows remote attackers to capture and replay the NTLM challenge/response via a telnet:// URL that points to the malicious server, aka the "Windows 2000 Telnet Client NTLM Authentication" vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-08-14 First Exploit
2000-10-15 CVE Reserved
2000-11-14 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-04-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5242	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20222	2000-08-14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1683	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a091400-1.txt	2018-10-12
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-067	2018-10-12

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