CVE-2000-1218 — CRITICAL severity vulnerability (The default configuration for the domain name resolver for M)
The default configuration for the domain name resolver for Microsoft Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP sets the QueryIpMatching parameter to 0, which causes Windows to accept DNS updates from hosts that it did not query, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-1218 |
|---|---|
| Severity | CRITICAL |
| CVSS score | 9.8 |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CWE | CWE-346 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-04-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The default configuration for the domain name resolver for Microsoft Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP sets the QueryIpMatching parameter to 0, which causes Windows to accept DNS updates from hosts that it did not query, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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