Microsoft Windows 9x operating systems allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via a pathname that includes file device names, aka t…

published 2000-03-04 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0167

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 19.6%; EPSS 19.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Microsoft Windows 9x operating systems allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via a pathname that includes file device names, aka the "DOS Device in Path Name" vulnerability.

Timeline

2000-03-04 First public exploit (EDB-19799)
2000-03-04 Published

Exploit prediction

19.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19799 Microsoft Windows Server 2000/95/98/ME/NT 3.5.x/Enterprise Server 4.0/Terminal Server 4.0/Workstation 4.0 Microsoft DoS Device Name - Denial of Service dos, 2000-03-04

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

securityfocus.com /templates/advisory.html?id=2126
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/1043
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCENECCAA.labs%40ussrback.com
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2000-0168
NVD CVE-2000-0168

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Summary