CVE-2003-0605

Description

The RPC DCOM interface in Windows 2000 SP3 and SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and local attackers to use the DoS to hijack the epmapper pipe to gain privileges, via certain messages to the __RemoteGetClassObject interface that cause a NULL pointer to be passed to the PerformScmStage function.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 76.11% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105880332428706&w=2	mailing list
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006851.html	mailing list
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-23.html	third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A494	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1118	vdb entry signature
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/326746	third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-039	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0605?: CVE-2003-0605 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0605?: To fix CVE-2003-0605, 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-2003-0605 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-0605 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~76% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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