CVE-2005-1792

Description

Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by creating security contexts more quickly than they can be cleared from the RPC cache.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 16.79% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory networksecurity.fi

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801	vdb entry patch
http://www.osvdb.org/13020	vdb entry
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196	patch vendor advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1792?: CVE-2005-1792 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1792?: To fix CVE-2005-1792, 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-2005-1792 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1792 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~17% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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