CVE-2005-2150 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 before URP1 for Windows 2000 SP4 does not properly prevent NULL sessions from accessing certain alternate named pipes, which allows remote attackers to (1) list Windows services via svcctl or (2) read eventlogs via eventlog.

Published: 2005-07-11

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 26.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.26809.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112076409813099&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14189
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014417
http://www.hsc.fr/ressources/presentations/null_sessions/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14177
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14178
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21286
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21288

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:15:37.455Z

Reserved: 2005-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2150

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2150

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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