CVE-2005-2119
The MIDL_user_allocate function in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) proxy (MSDTCPRX.DLL) allocates a 4K page of…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 35.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The MIDL_user_allocate function in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) proxy (MSDTCPRX.DLL) allocates a 4K page of memory regardless of the required size, which allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations using an incorrect size value that is provided to the NdrAllocate function, which writes management data to memory outside of the allocated buffer.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows - DTC Remote (MS05-051) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1352remote, windowspublished 1 Dec 2005Verified
- Microsoft Windows - MSDTC Service Remote Memory Modification (PoC) (MS05-051) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1341dos, windowspublished 27 Nov 2005Verified
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 microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.5% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References16
- 17161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS05-051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1015037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#180868 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 17223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 73 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 18828 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17509 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- AD20051011b (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEx_transferred
- TA05-284A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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-2005-2120 (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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