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CVE-2004-0120

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0120 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft SSL library affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this vulnerability by sending malformed SSL messages, leading to a denial of service. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has a high EPSS score, indicating a significant likelihood of exploitation. Despite its age, the FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100 suggests a critical risk, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
50.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-176 · Apr 14, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5066 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-011
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15712
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A885
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A886
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A892
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-114.shtml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/150236
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/10115
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource