Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 4, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0168

Description

Microsoft Windows 9x operating systems allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via a pathname that includes file device names, aka the "DOS Device in Path Name" vulnerability.

Affected products

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/1043nvd
www.securityfocus.com/templates/advisory.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pikenvd

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