Windows Xp Security Vulnerabilities - CVSS Score 5 - 6

CVE-2001-0721

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) in Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash) via a malformed UPnP request.

CVE-2001-0877

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) on Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a spoofed SSDP advertisement that causes the client to connect to a service on another machine that generates a large amount of traffic (e.g., chargen), or (2) via a spoofed S...

CVE-2001-0879

Format string vulnerability in the C runtime functions in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2001-1571

The Remote Desktop client in Windows XP sends the most recent user account name in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to obtain terminal server user account names via sniffing.

CVE-2002-0055

SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Exchange 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a command with a malformed data transfer (BDAT) request.

CVE-2002-0057

XMLHTTP control in Microsoft XML Core Services 2.6 and later does not properly handle IE Security Zone settings, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying a local file as an XML Data Source.

CVE-2002-0283

Windows XP with port 445 open allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of TCP SYN packets containing possibly malformed data.

CVE-2002-0699

Unknown vulnerability in the Certificate Enrollment ActiveX Control in Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allow remote attackers to delete digital certificates on a user's system via HTML.

CVE-2002-0863

Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.0 in Microsoft Windows 2000 and RDP 5.1 in Windows XP does not encrypt the checksums of plaintext session data, which could allow a remote attacker to determine the contents of encrypted sessions via sniffing, aka "Weak Encryption in RDP Protocol."

CVE-2002-0864

The Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.1 in Microsoft Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when Remote Desktop is enabled via a PDU Confirm Active data packet that does not set the Pattern BLT command, aka "Denial of Service in Remote Desktop."

CVE-2002-0974

Help and Support Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a link to the hcp: protocol that accesses uplddrvinfo.htm.

CVE-2002-1139

The Compressed Folders feature in Microsoft Windows 98 with Plus! Pack, Windows Me, and Windows XP does not properly check the destination folder during the decompression of ZIP files, which allows attackers to place an executable file in a known location on a user's system, aka "Incorrect Target P...

CVE-2002-1256

The SMB signing capability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP allows attackers to disable the digital signing settings in an SMB session to force the data to be sent unsigned, then inject data into the session without detection, e.g. by modifying gro...

CVE-2002-1258

Two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) up to and including build 5.0.3805, as used in Internet Explorer and other applications, allow remote attackers to read files via a Java applet with a spoofed location in the CODEBASE parameter in the APPLET tag, possibly due to a parsing error.

CVE-2002-1325

Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) build 5.0.3805 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine a local user's username via a Java applet that accesses the user.dir system property, aka "User.dir Exposure Vulnerability."

CVE-2002-1561

The RPC component in Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disabled RPC service) via a malformed packet to the RPC Endpoint Mapper at TCP port 135, which triggers a null pointer dereference.

CVE-2002-2117

Microsoft Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by flooding UDP port 500 (ISAKMP).

CVE-2003-0661

The NetBT Name Service (NBNS) for NetBIOS in Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 may include random memory in a response to a NBNS query, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

CVE-2003-0807

Buffer overflow in the COM Internet Services and in the RPC over HTTP Proxy components for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted request.

CVE-2003-0813

A multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or reboot) by causing two threads to process the same RPC request, which causes one thread to use memory after it has been freed, a dif...

CVE-2003-0824

Unknown vulnerability in the SmartHTML interpreter (shtml.dll) in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2000 and 2002, and Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (response failure) via a certain request.

CVE-2003-0907

Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via quotation marks in an hcp:// URL, which are not quoted when constructing the argument list to HelpCtr.exe.

CVE-2004-0116

An Activation function in the RPCSS Service involved with DCOM activation for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an activation request with a large length field.

CVE-2004-0120

The Microsoft Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) library, as used in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed SSL messages.

CVE-2004-0199

Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain hcp:// URLs that access the DVD Upgrade capability (dvdupgrd.htm).

CVE-2004-0202

IDirectPlay4 Application Programming Interface (API) of Microsoft DirectPlay 7.0a thru 9.0b, as used in Windows Server 2003 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

CVE-2004-0474

Help Center (HelpCtr.exe) may allow remote attackers to read or execute arbitrary files via an "http://" or "file://" argument to the topic parameter in an hcp:// URL. NOTE: since the initial report of this problem, several researchers have been unable to reproduce this issue.

CVE-2004-0790

Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reset TCP connections) via spoofed ICMP error messages, aka the "blind connection-reset attack." NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0...

CVE-2004-0839

Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via a web page that uses certain styles and the AnchorClick behavior, popup windows, and drag-and-drop capabilities to drop the program in the local startup folder, ...

CVE-2004-1043

Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "Related Topics" command in the Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) to open a Help popup window containing the PCHealth tools.htm file in the local zone and injecting Javascript to be executed, as d...

CVE-2004-1049

Integer overflow in the LoadImage API of the USER32 Lib for Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .bmp, .cur, .ico or .ani file with a large image size field, which leads to a buffer overflow, aka the "Cursor and Icon Format Handling Vulnerability."

CVE-2004-1305

The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) the frame number set to zero, which causes an invalid memory address to be used and leads to a kernel crash, or ...

CVE-2004-1306

Heap-based buffer overflow in winhlp32.exe in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP2, and Windows 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .hlp file.

CVE-2004-1319

The DHTML Edit Control (dhtmled.ocx) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into other domains by setting a name for a window, opening a child page whose target is the window with the given name, then injecting the script from the parent into the child using execScript, as demonstra...

CVE-2004-1361

Integer underflow in winhlp32.exe in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP2, and Windows 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .hlp file, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2004-1623

The WAV file property handler in Windows XP SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop in Explorer) via a WAV file with an invalid file header whose fmt chunk length is set to 0xFFFFFFFF.

CVE-2004-2307

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2600 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a shell: URI with double backslashes (\) in an HTML tag such as IFRAME or A.

CVE-2005-0356

Multiple TCP implementations with Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers (PAWS) with the timestamps option enabled allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection loss) via a spoofed packet with a large timer value, which causes the host to discard later packets because they ap...

CVE-2005-0688

Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the same destination and source address and port, aka a reoccurrence of the "Land" vulnerability (CVE-1999-0016).

CVE-2005-0954

Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer in Windows 2000 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed Windows Metafile (WMF) file.

CVE-2005-1184

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that th...

CVE-2005-1214

Microsoft Agent allows remote attackers to spoof trusted Internet content and execute arbitrary code by disguising security prompts on a malicious Web page.

CVE-2005-1218

The Microsoft Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests.

CVE-2005-1649

The IPv6 support in Windows XP SP2, 2003 Server SP1, and Longhorn, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the same destination and source address and port, a variant of CVE-2005-0688 and a r...

CVE-2005-1792

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.

CVE-2005-1979

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exit) via an "unexpected protocol command during the reconnection request," which is not properly handled by the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) functionality.

CVE-2005-1980

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service hang) via a crafted Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) message that causes DTC to repeatedly connect to a target IP and port number after an error occurs, aka the "Distributed ...

CVE-2005-2117

Web View in Windows Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 does not properly handle certain HTML characters in preview fields, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2005-2118

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow when the user views the file's properties using Windows Explo...

CVE-2005-2119

The MIDL_user_allocate function in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) proxy (MSDTCPRX.DLL) allocates a 4K page of memory regardless of the required size, which allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations using an incorrect size value that is provided to the NdrAl...