Description
The Remote Registry server in Windows NT 4.0 allows local authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a malformed request, which causes the winlogon process to fail, aka the "Remote Registry Access Authentication" vulnerability.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Remote Registry Request Denial of Service (1) EDB-20005 · dos · Jun 8, 2000 · verified
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Remote Registry Request Denial of Service (MS00-040) (2) EDB-20006 · dos · Jun 8, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1331 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1021 vdb-entry signature
- MS00-040 vendor-advisory
- Q264684 vendor-advisory