CVE-2005-2224

Asp.Net vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

17.9%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

aspnet_wp.exe in Microsoft ASP.NET web services allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from infinite loop) via a crafted SOAP message to an RPC/Encoded method.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Asp.Net

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Published

2005-07-12

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 17.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Asp.Net is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2224.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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