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CVE-2005-1978

57
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1978 describes a critical vulnerability in the COM+ component of Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 Server, and XP, stemming from improper memory structure handling. This flaw allows both local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild according to KEV, an ExploitDB entry exists, and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100 indicates significant potential danger despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
64-bitCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
itaniumCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:itanium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sp1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1352 · Dec 1, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5338 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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/ms05-051
secunia.com / advisories/17161
secunia.com / advisories/17172
secunia.com / advisories/17223
secunia.com / advisories/17509
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1261
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1269
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1466
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1499
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A576
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A816
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/950516
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/15057
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
US Government Resource