VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-1561
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 37.7%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 37.73% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2000 terminal services · microsoft/windows nt · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.