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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-1979 json

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exi…

published 2005-10-11 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1981

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
32.8%
EPSS 32.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26341)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

32.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26341 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - MSDTC TIP Denial of Service (MS05-051) dos, 2005-10-11
  • EDB-1352 Microsoft Windows - DTC Remote (MS05-051) (2) remote, 2005-12-01

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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