CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1452

7.5 HIGH Published 2001-08-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2001-08-31
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-346

Description

By default, DNS servers on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server cache glue records received from non-delegated name servers, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via spoofed DNS responses.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows nt 4.0

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness
CWE-940 Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel weakness

References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB%3Ben-us%3Bq241352 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/109475 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6791 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3675 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB%3Ben-us%3Bq241352 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/109475 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6791 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3675 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry