CVE-2003-0605
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006851.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105880332428706&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-23.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/326746
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-039
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1118
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A494
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.