CVE-2003-0813

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0813
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionA multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or reboot) by causing two threads to process the same RPC request, which causes one thread to use memory after it has been freed, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0352 (Blaster/Nachi), CVE-2003-0715, and CVE-2003-0528, and as demonstrated by certain exploits against those vulnerabilities.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-367 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp6a All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp6a All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#547820 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-104A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Products af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
[Full-Disclosure] Re: Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk URL Repurposed
'Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-012 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/155 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xforce.iss.net Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
www.securitylab.ru/_exploits/rpc2.c.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitylab.ru Broken Link
[Full-Disclosure] Bad news on RPC DCOM2 vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk URL Repurposed
Microsoft Windows RPCSS Multi-thread Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Full-Disclosure] Re : [VERY] BAD news on RPC DCOM Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk URL Repurposed
'RE: Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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