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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 p…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftWindows 2000
All versions
MicrosoftWindows 2000 Terminal Services
All versions
MicrosoftWindows Nt
Version 4.0
MicrosoftWindows Xp
All versions

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