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CVE-2005-0688 json

Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) vi…

published 2005-03-05 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0689

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
47.4%
EPSS 47.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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).

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-861)

Exploit prediction

47.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-942 Microsoft Windows - Malformed IP Options Denial of Service (MS05-019) dos, 2005-04-17
  • EDB-861 Microsoft Windows XP/2003 - Remote Denial of Service dos, 2005-03-07

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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