CVE-2005-1184 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 32.7% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 32.75% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows 98se |
| microsoft | windows nt |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Multiple Vendor - TCP Session Acknowledgement Number Denial of Service | 2004-12-13 |
References
- http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0358.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0383.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0385.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13215
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40502
- http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0358.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0383.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0385.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13215
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40502
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