Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0605
CVE-2003-0605
Description
The RPC DCOM interface in Windows 2000 SP3 and SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and local attackers to use the DoS to hijack the epmapper pipe to gain privileges, via certain messages to the __RemoteGetClassObject interface that cause a NULL pointer to be passed to the PerformScmStage function.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = SP3, SP4
Patches
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References
8- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-23.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/326746nvdUS Government Resource
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006851.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-039nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1118nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A494nvd
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