CVE-1999-0995

high

Description

Windows NT Local Security Authority (LSA) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed arguments to the LsaLookupSids function which looks up the SID, aka "Malformed Security Identifier Request."

References

Advisories
More

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-057

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ248185

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/875

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-12-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H