Various TCP/IP stacks and network applications allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding a target host with TCP connection attempts and completing the TCP/IP handshake without maintaining the connection state on the attacker host, aka the "NAPTHA" class of vulnerabilities. NOTE: this candidate may change significantly as the security community discusses the technical nature of NAPTHA and learns more about the affected applications. This candidate is at a higher level of abstraction than is typical for CVE.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-1039 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 44.88%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +27.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-04 | 17.15% | 44.88% | +27.73% |
| 2 | 2026-03-01 | 44.88% | 17.15% | -27.73% |
| 3 | 2026-02-04 | — | 44.88% | — |
Full EPSS history (38 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_95 | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | windows_98 | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | windows_98se | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | windows_me | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | windows_nt | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q4/0105.html | |
| http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_NAPTHA.html | |
| http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-21.html | Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2022 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-091 |