CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-0050
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The License Logging service for Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 does not properly validate the length of messages, which leads to an "unchecked buffer" and allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, aka the "License Logging Service Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows 2003 server 2000
• microsoft windows 2003 server 2003
• microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise
• microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise 64-bit
• microsoft windows 2003 server r2
• microsoft windows 2003 server standard
• microsoft windows 2003 server web
• microsoft windows nt 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130433 Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html Patch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-010 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19101 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2568 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3582 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4786 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A644 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130433 Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html Patch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-010 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19101 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2568 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3582 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4786 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A644 oval.cisecurity.org