CVE-1999-1579 (GCVE-0-1999-1579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-04-21 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:18
VLAI
Summary
The Cenroll ActiveX control (xenroll.dll) for Terminal Server Editions of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by creating a large number of arbitrary files on the target machine.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6827 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1999-07-29 00:00
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