THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-4669
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-4669

Windows 2003 Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
29.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2003 Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2011-01-07

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 29.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-4669

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2003 Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-4669.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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