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CVE-2005-1979 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 32.8% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exit) via an "unexpected protocol command during the reconnection request," which is not properly handled by the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) functionality.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS32.82% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2005-10-12
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (3)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows 2000
microsoftwindows 2003 server
microsoftwindows xp

Public exploits

References

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