CVE-2004-1080
highpriority · attend · 78EPSS 0.798 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- exploit/windows/wins/ms04_045_winsMS04-045 Microsoft WINS Service Memory Overwriteweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16359Microsoft WINS - Service Memory Overwrite (MS04-045) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-909Microsoft Windows - 'WINS' Remote Buffer Overflow (MS04-045) (3)functional · exploit_db
affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows 2003 server= enterprisenvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows 2003 server= enterprise_64-bitnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (36)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110150370506704&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13328/enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012516enisa_euvd
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890710enisa_euvd
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-054.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/instantanea.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/145134enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/12378enisa_euvd
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