CVE-2003-0605

CVE-2003-0605 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC DCOM interface of Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 and SP4, which can be triggered remotely. Local attackers can leverage this DoS to escalate privileges by hijacking the epmapper pipe. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, multiple exploit codes are publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.