CVE-2005-1981

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted Kerberos message.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16368/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014642
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610133
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100095
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100097
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100099
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100101
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100103
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100105
http://secunia.com/advisories/16368/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014642

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