CVE-1999-1593Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 18.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.1% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- 19990302 NT Domain DoS and Security Exploit with SAMBA Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010118 Re: Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/win2k/185.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20010117 Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010119 Re: Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010117 Re: Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010118 Re: Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010117 Re: Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010117 Re: Invalid WINS entries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-1574 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-1593)Record last updated .