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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-0661

The SMB Server service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate fields in SMB requests, which allows…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 44.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The SMB Server service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate fields in SMB requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed request in a (1) SMBv1 or (2) SMBv2 packet, aka "SMB Transaction Parsing Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
44.58% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
Source
secure@microsoft.com

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