CVE-1999-0228

Medium

Published: 07/02/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk

4.97%

91th percentile - higher than 91% of all known CVEs

CVE-1999-0228 vulnerability affects the RPCSS.EXE (RPC Locator) program in Windows NT, which is susceptible to a denial of service attack.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the RPC service, leading to system availability issues.

It is recommended to update Windows NT and to monitor and secure RPC services against unauthorized access.

Original NVD description (English source)

Denial of service in RPCSS.EXE program (RPC Locator) in Windows NT.