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CVE-2003-0813

A multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch installed allows remote at

A 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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.53438
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft windows 2000all versions
microsoft windows 98all versions
microsoft windows ntall versions
microsoft windows server 2003all versions
microsoft windows xpall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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et-openGPL NETBIOS SMB-DS DCEPRC ORPCThis request flood attemptmisc-attack
et-openGPL NETBIOS SMB-DS DCERPC ISystemActivator unicode bind attemptprotocol-command-decode
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumWow6432Node Windows NT CurrentVersion Autorun Keys Modification
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Scoring & Timeline

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD17 Nov 2003 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011870.htmlURL Repurposed
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011886.htmlURL Repurposed
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011901.htmlURL Repurposed
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106579825211708&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106588827513795&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106580303918155&w=2Third Party Advisory
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