Vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
CVE-2006-1184
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.298 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.298 · newest: 0.298 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2
- Microsoft Windows Nt — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1912 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060509b.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/25336 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17905 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433425/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1779 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1295 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25558 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/864 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-1184?
- CVE-2006-1184 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator. Published 2006-05-10.
- Is CVE-2006-1184 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.