CVE-2004-0116

EXPLOITED

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 - Denial of Service via DCOM Activation Request

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2004-0116 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

An Activation function in the RPCSS Service involved with DCOM activation for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an activation request with a large length field.

References (12)

Core 12

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A957

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory government-resource x_refsource_ciac

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-115.shtml

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/11065/

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A955

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10127

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/417052

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-012

Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_eeye

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20040413A.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009758.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A958

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15708

Scores

EPSS 0.3755

EPSS Percentile 98.4%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2017-06-20

Status published

Products (3)

microsoft/windows_2000

microsoft/windows_2003_server r2

microsoft/windows_xp

Published Jun 01, 2004

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026