CVE-2006-1184
MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20000
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/864
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016047
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060509b.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25336
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433425/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17905
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1742
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25558
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1295
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1779
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1912
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1990
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