CVE-1999-1579

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7107

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6827

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3062

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3B242366

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-12-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21764