THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2011-1268
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-1268

Windows 2003 Server vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.1%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The SMB client in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) SMBv1 or (2) SMBv2 response, aka "SMB Response Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2003 Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2011-06-16

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 11.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-1268

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2003 Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-1268.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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