LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2001-0324

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
2.6
EPSS
14.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Java clients allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a Java applet that opens a large number of UDP sockets, which prevents the host from establishing any additional UDP connections, and possibly causes a crash.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2001-05-03

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 14.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-0324

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0324.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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