Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2005-2119
The MIDL_user_allocate function in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) proxy (MSDTCPRX.DLL) allocates a 4K page of memory regardless of the required size, which allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations using an incorrect size value that is provided to the NdrAllocate function, which writes management data to memory outside of the allocated buffer.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.355 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.355 · newest: 0.355 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions 64-bit, itanium, r2
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- secunia.com/advisories/17161 (third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-051 (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1452 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180868 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1071 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17223 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:551 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/73 (third-party-advisory)