CVE-1999-0980

Summary

CVE-1999-0980 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Windows NT's Service Control Manager (SCM). Maliciously crafted resource enumeration requests can cause the SCM to become unresponsive, resulting in a service disruption for legitimate users. An attacker can exploit this issue remotely, making it a potential threat to networks and systems running the affected software. The vulnerability does not allow unauthorized system access, but the denial-of-service condition can impact system availability and performance. It is recommended to apply patches or updates released by Microsoft to mitigate this vulnerability.

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