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CVE-2004-0574

The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Ser

The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via XPAT patterns, possibly related to improper length validation and an "unchecked buffer," leading to off-by-one and heap-based buffer overflows.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.85365
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft exchange serverall versions
microsoft windows 2000all versions
microsoft windows ntall versions
microsoft windows server 2003all versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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dosMicrosoft Windows NNTP Service (XPAT) - Denial of Service (MS04-036)verified
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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snort-communityOS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows XPAT pattern overflow attemptattempted-admin
snort-communityPROTOCOL-NNTP Microsoft Windows SEARCH pattern overflow attemptattempted-admin
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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

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HIGH · 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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD03 Nov 2004 · 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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761632831563&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-012.shtmlBroken Link
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=420&idxseccion=10Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203126PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-036PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17641Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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