CVE-2004-0206
Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE) services for Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 74.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE) services for Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code or locally gain privileges via a malicious message or application that involves an "unchecked buffer," possibly a buffer overflow.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS04-031 Microsoft NetDDE Service Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/smb/ms04_031_netddeRank gooddisclosed 12 Oct 2004
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft NetDDE Service - Remote Overflow (MS04-031) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16371remote, windowspublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- Microsoft Windows - NetDDE Remote Buffer Overflow (MS04-031) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 734remote, windowspublished 31 Dec 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.7% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- win-ms04031-patch(17657) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 11372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#640488 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1852 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20041013 Microsoft Windows NetDDE Service Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12803 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS04-031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- win-netdde-bo(16556) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6788 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3242 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0206 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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