CVE-2002-1561

Public Exploit

Description

The RPC component in Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disabled RPC service) via a malformed packet to the RPC Endpoint Mapper at TCP port 135, which triggers a null pointer dereference.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 58.24% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59	vdb entry signature
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0	mailing list vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1561?: CVE-2002-1561 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-1561?: To fix CVE-2002-1561, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-1561 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-1561 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~58% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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