CVE-2005-0045
The Server Message Block (SMB) implementation for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly validate certain SMB…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 70.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Server Message Block (SMB) implementation for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly validate certain SMB packets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Transaction responses containing (1) Trans or (2) Trans2 commands, aka the "Server Message Block Vulnerability," and as demonstrated using Trans2 FIND_FIRST2 responses with large file name length fields.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows - 'SMB' Transaction Response Handling (MS05-011) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1065dos, windowspublished 23 Jun 2005Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 28 days later
· 28 days 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)
- 70.3% · top 0.6% 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
12
- 20050209 EEYE: Windows SMB Client Transaction Response Handling Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- win-smb-code-execution(19089) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050209 EEYE: Windows SMB Client Transaction Response Handling Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 12484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA05-039A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#652537 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050309 Update: MS05-011 EEYE: Windows SMB Client Transaction Response Handling Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MS05-011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_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-2005-0046 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0045)Record last updated .