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Status published
Medium
CVE-2002-1561
The RPC component in Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and...
Vulnerability Description
The RPC component in Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disabled RPC service) via a malformed packet to the RPC Endpoint Mapper at TCP port 135, which triggers a null pointer dereference.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 26th, 2003
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.