FKIE_CVE-2000-1218

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2000-04-14 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The default configuration for the domain name resolver for Microsoft Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP sets the QueryIpMatching parameter to 0, which causes Windows to accept DNS updates from hosts that it did not query, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/458659Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4280Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/458659Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4280Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2000 -
microsoft windows_98 -
microsoft windows_98se -
microsoft windows_nt 4.0
microsoft windows_xp -
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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