CVE-2004-0574 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 64.4% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 64.45% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-11-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | exchange server |
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows nt |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows NNTP Service (XPAT) - Denial of Service (MS04-036) | 2004-10-16 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761632831563&w=2
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-012.shtml
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=420&idxseccion=10
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203126
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-036
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17661
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A246
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4392
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5070
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5926
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109761632831563&w=2
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-012.shtml
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=420&idxseccion=10
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203126
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-036
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17661
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A246
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