CVE-2003-1544

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1544
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUnrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) by obtaining a read lock on msgina.dll, which prevents msgina.dll from being loaded.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 adv_srv All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 srv All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows Terminal Server MSGINA.DLL Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Reboot the Server - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
User Can Restart Windows 2000 Terminal Server Without Having Restart Rights af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.microsoft.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Windows MSGINA.DLL Read-Lock Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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