Microsoft Windows 2000 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Windows 2000. This affects an unknown part of the component Microsoft Distributed Transaction Service Coordinator. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-0224. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Microsoft Distributed Transaction Service Coordinator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Service Coordinator) for Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft IIS 5.0 and SQL Server 6.5 through SQL 2000 0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via malformed (random) input.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was published 05/16/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0224. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 793 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10939 (MS02-018: Microsoft Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) Malformed Input DoS (319733) (intrusive check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 19038 (Microsoft MSDTC Service Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1408.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8046), Tenable (10939), SecurityFocus (BID 4006†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1183†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10939
Nessus Name: MS02-018: Microsoft Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) Malformed Input DoS (319733) (intrusive check)
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OpenVAS ID: 10939
OpenVAS Name: MSDTC denial of service by flooding with nul bytes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1408
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER MSDTC attempt
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02/17/2000 🔍
01/31/2002 +714 days 🔍
04/20/2002 +79 days 🔍
05/16/2002 +26 days 🔍
05/16/2002 +0 days 🔍
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06/04/2003 +384 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4055 days 🔍
09/21/2025 +4089 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0224 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0224
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18130
X-Force: 8046
SecurityFocus: 4006 - Microsoft MSDTC Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1183 - DoS in MSDTC, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:57
Updated: 09/21/2025 01:18
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:57 (73), 05/09/2019 21:15 (3), 09/21/2025 01:18 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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