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CVE-2004-1080

The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remo

The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modified memory pointer in a WINS replication packet to TCP port 42, aka the "Association Context Vulnerability.".

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.89406
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
microsoft windows 2000all versions
microsoft windows 2003 serverall versions
microsoft windows ntall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
remoteMicrosoft WINS - Service Memory Overwrite (MS04-045) (Metasploit)verified
remoteMicrosoft Windows - 'WINS' Remote Buffer Overflow (MS04-045) (3)verified
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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snort-communityOS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows WINS overflow attemptmisc-attack
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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 NVD10 Jan 2005 · 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=110150370506704&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13328/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012516
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890710
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-054.shtml
http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/instantanea.pdf
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