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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-1979

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exit) via an "unexpected protocol command during the reconnection request," which is not properly handled by the…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 32.8%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exit) via an "unexpected protocol command during the reconnection request," which is not properly handled by the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) functionality.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
32.82% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows xp
Source
secure@microsoft.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.