CVE-2001-0018 — Windows 2000 domain controller in Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datac

Windows 2000 domain controller in Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of malformed service requests.

01What is this vulnerability?

Windows 2000 domain controller in Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of malformed service requests.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-08T04:06:54.630Z

09References

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6136
• online.securityfocus.com — http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/148411
• www.ciac.org — http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-049.shtml
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-01…