CVE-2005-0688

Windows 2003 Server vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

47.4%

EPSS pct

99th

Exploited

No known

Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the same destination and source address and port, aka a reoccurrence of the "Land" vulnerability (CVE-1999-0016).

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2003 Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2005-03-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 47.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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