CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1218

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2000-04-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-04-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-346

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 98 • microsoft windows 98se • microsoft windows nt 4.0 • microsoft windows xp

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness
  • CWE-923 Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints weakness
  • CWE-940 Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel weakness

References