Description
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.
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 1
- Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0.1 4.4.3385 - Remote Desktop Sharing Denial of Service EDB-20289 · dos · Oct 13, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- netmeeting-desktop-sharing-dos(5368) vdb-entry
- Q273854 vendor-advisory
- MS00-077 vendor-advisory
- 20001018 Denial of Service attack against computers running Microsoft NetMeeting mailing-list
- 1798 vdb-entry