Windows 98 vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Windows 98 is made by Microsoft. We track 101 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 1 version. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Microsoft lists newer releases under their own names, such as Windows 98 Plus Pack, so check those pages too.
We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Windows 98 listed under other names? Yes.
Microsoft also lists Windows 98 under more specific names, such as Windows 98 Plus Pack. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which Windows 98 vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Windows 98's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Windows 98 flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 80%CVE-2004-0230Medium
TCP, when using a large Window Size, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess sequence numbers and cause a denial of service (connection loss) to persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting a TCP RST...
- 80%CVE-2004-0790Medium
Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reset TCP connections) via spoofed ICMP error messages, aka the "blind connection-reset attack." NOTE: CVE-2004-0790,...
- 75%CVE-2000-0979Medium
File and Print Sharing service in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me does not properly check the password for a file share, which allows remote attackers to bypass share access controls by sending a 1-byte...
- 75%CVE-2004-0206High
Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE) services for Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code or locally gain...
- 73%CVE-2005-0059Critical
Buffer overflow in the Message Queuing component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message.
- 60%CVE-2005-0053High
Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via drag and drop events, aka the "Drag-and-Drop Vulnerability."
- 59%CVE-2004-1305Medium
The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) the frame number set to zero,...
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Stack-based buffer overflow in certain Active Directory service functions in LSASRV.DLL of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000 SP2 through SP4, XP SP1, Server 2003, NetMeeting, Windows 98, and Windows ME, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet that causes the DsRolerUpgradeDownlevelServer function to create long debug entries for the DCPROMO.LOG log file, as exploited by the Sasser worm.
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We track 101 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Windows 98, across 1 version.
None of Windows 98's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Microsoft also lists Windows 98 under more specific names, such as Windows 98 Plus Pack. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Windows 98. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.