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CVE-2004-2176

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 is configured by default to trust sessmgr.exe, which allows local users to use sessmgr.exe to create a local listening port that bypasses the ICF access controls.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/378508
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11410
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/378508
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11410

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