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CVE-2000-0168 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Microsoft Windows 9x operating systems allow an attacker to)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0168
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-03-04
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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