CVE-2006-0988

The default configuration of the DNS Server service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, and the Microsoft DNS Server service on Windows NT 4.0, allows…

published March 3, 2006

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.1th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
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EPSS
60%
Percentile
99.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The default configuration of the DNS Server service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, and the Microsoft DNS Server service on Windows NT 4.0, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.59508 · 99.1th percentile
Published
2006-03-03T11:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 MAR 11:00Z
    The default configuration of the DNS Server service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, and the Microsoft DNS Server service on Windows NT 4.0, allows…
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