CVE-2005-3644

Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier - Denial of Service via UPnP DCE RPC Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-3644. PoCs published by Winny Thomas.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets CVE-2005-3644, a DoS vulnerability in Windows UPnP service. It sends a crafted DCE RPC request to the target, causing excessive memory consumption in services.exe, leading to system unresponsiveness.

Description

PNP_GetDeviceList (upnp_getdevicelist) in UPnP for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a DCE RPC request that specifies a large output buffer size, a variant of CVE-2006-6296, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2120.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Winny Thomas · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1328

This exploit targets CVE-2005-3644, a DoS vulnerability in Windows UPnP service. It sends a crafted DCE RPC request to the target, causing excessive memory consumption in services.exe, leading to system unresponsiveness.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP0, SP2, SP3 (UPnP service)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target's UPnP service (port 139/445)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mskb
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/911052.mspx
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15460
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015233
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17595
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1328

Scores

EPSS 0.4167
EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_2000 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (8 CPE variants)
Published Nov 17, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026