CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0980

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
13.24%

96th percentile - higher than 96% of all known CVEs

Summary

NMPI (Name Management Protocol on IPX) listener in Microsoft NWLink does not properly filter packets from a broadcast address, which allows remote attackers to cause a broadcast storm and flood the network.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely overwhelm the network, making it unavailable to legitimate users. This can paralyze communication across the entire organization.

Recommendation

Disable the NWLink protocol if not used, or implement broadcast packet filtering on routers and switches. Update the system to a version that fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

NMPI (Name Management Protocol on IPX) listener in Microsoft NWLink does not properly filter packets from a broadcast address, which allows remote attackers to cause a broadcast storm and flood the network.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS