CVE-2003-1544 describes an unrestricted critical resource lock vulnerability in Terminal Services affecting Microsoft Windows 2000 (prior to SP4) and Windows XP. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service, specifically a system reboot, by acquiring a read lock on msgina.dll, preventing its proper loading. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to complete system availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:srv:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.