CVE-2005-1792

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Published Jun 1, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 6.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by creating security contexts more quickly than they can be cleared from the RPC cache.

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_xp:::home:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold:professional:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:home:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:home:::::

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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 None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.9% (6.879% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html
http://www.osvdb.org/13020
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Xp

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 1, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:06 PM
Reserved: Jun 1, 2005, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 1, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM

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