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CVE-2005-0045

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 70.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Server Message Block (SMB) implementation for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly validate certain SMB packets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Transaction responses containing (1) Trans or (2) Trans2 commands, aka the "Server Message Block Vulnerability," and as demonstrated using Trans2 FIND_FIRST2 responses with large file name length fields.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+1)
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110792638401852&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111040962600205&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110795643831169&w=2
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652537
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12484
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-011
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19089
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1606
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1847
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1889
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4043

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