CVE-2001-1055
Microsoft Windows 98 - ARP Denial of Service
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
2
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of malformed ARP request packets with random source IP and MAC addresses, as demonstrated by ARPNuke.
*Credits:
N/A
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Privileges Required
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Attack Vector
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Authentication
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2001-07-30 CVE Published
- 2001-07-30 First Exploit
- 2002-01-31 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21040 | 2001-07-30 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113 | 2024-08-08 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323 | 2017-10-10 |
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 98 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98" | * | gold |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows 98se Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98se" | * | - |
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