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CVE-2004-1080
The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to…
High10.0EPSS 79.8%
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- mitre
Description
The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modified memory pointer in a WINS replication packet to TCP port 42, aka the "Association Context Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.8% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- 1012516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 890710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- VU#145134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 12378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/instantanea.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 13328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- wins-memory-pointer-hijack(18259) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- P-054 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4831 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20041126 Immunity, Inc Advisor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20041129 Microsoft WINS Server Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- MS04-045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2734 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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