CVE-2003-1544

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Published Feb 13, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 17.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) by obtaining a read lock on msgina.dll, which prevents msgina.dll from being loaded.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3:adv_srv:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3:srv:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 17.3% (17.270% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/7959
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3654
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-us
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005986
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:35 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 13, 2008, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:35 AM
Reserved: Feb 13, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:04 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2003, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:04 PM

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