THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2000-0983
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2000-0983

Netmeeting vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
20.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft NetMeeting with Remote Desktop Sharing enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a sequence of null bytes to the NetMeeting port, aka the "NetMeeting Desktop Sharing" vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Netmeeting
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2000-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-0983

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Netmeeting is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-0983.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2000-0983

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2000-0983 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2000-0983?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2000-0983.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

MEDIUM
CVE-2010-2179
Flash Player vulnerability
MEDIUM
CVE-2010-2307
Surfboard Sbv6120e vulnerability
MEDIUM
CVE-2010-2310
Tftp Server vulnerability