VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2004-1080

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability79.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-01-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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."

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