CVE-2002-1561 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 37.7% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 37.73% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-04-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows 2000 terminal services |
| microsoft | windows nt |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - RPC Service Denial of Service (1) | 2002-10-22 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - RPC Service Denial of Service (2) | 2002-10-22 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - RPC Service Denial of Service (3) | 2002-10-18 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - RPC Service Denial of Service (4) | 2002-10-18 |
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
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