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CVE-2005-0050

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0050 describes a critical vulnerability in the License Logging service across Windows NT Server, 2000 Server, and 2003 Server. This flaw, due to improper message length validation, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C). Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
46.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4669 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/2005/ms05-010
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19101
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2568
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3582
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4786
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A644
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/130433
PatchUS Government Resource
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
PatchUS Government Resource