CVE•Published 2000-12-14•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-1999-1579Microsoft · Windows_nt
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Description
The Cenroll ActiveX control (xenroll.dll) for Terminal Server Editions of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by creating a large number of arbitrary files on the target machine.
Timeline
Published 2000-12-14
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
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vuln:CVE-1999-1579Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Windows Nt"Hosts Shodan identified as running Windows Nt.
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-1999-1579Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-1999-1579Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-1999-1579Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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"CVE-1999-1579" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.