The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modified memory pointer in a WINS replication packet to TCP port 42, aka the "Association Context Vulnerability."
Published Dec 1, 2004
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 79.80%
Description
The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modified memory pointer in a WINS replication packet to TCP port 42, aka the "Association Context Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
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- 2000
- 2003
- enterprise
- enterprise_64-bit
- r2
- r2
- standard
- web
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
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- 4.0
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- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 79.80% (0.79801) | 99.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 79.80% (0.79801) | 99.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 81.70% (0.81699) | 99.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 79.80% (0.79801) | 99.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 89.33% (0.89335) | 99.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.96% (0.96957) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 96.96% (0.96957) | 99.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 96.85% (0.96846) | 99.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2023 | 96.69% (0.96687) | 99.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.72% (0.96720) | 99.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 89.13% (0.89134) | 99.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 89.13% (0.89134) | 99.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110150370506704&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13328/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012516 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890710 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-054.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/instantanea.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/145134 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/12378 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11763 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/184 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISS
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-045 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18259 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1549 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2541 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2734 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3677 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4372 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4831 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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