[7690] in bugtraq
Re: Possible DoS attack to NT boxes running OpenNT 2.1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Fesig)
Mon Aug 17 13:34:47 1998
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:53:25 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Fesig <robb@SUNLINK.NET>
From: Robert Fesig <robb@SUNLINK.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Using the reskit utility KILL.EXE, it is possible to kill ANY process, even the System Process (PID 0), using the -f switch. Try "kill -f PID", and you can kill anything, protected or not.
I believe the reason CPU usage went to 100% would be because of a bug in MS Access, I've seen the same thing happen when users only open one copy in certain configurations... Granted, the bug did cause what seemingly became a DoS attack, but had you used a different program, it wouldn't have appeared as such.
Robert Fesig
robb@sunlink.net
