CVE-2006-1184
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 30.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 57 days later
· 57 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 30.1% · top 1.8% 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
References14
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1912 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060509b.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 25336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1016047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 17905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060509 [EEYEB20051011B] - Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1779 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- msdtc-message-dos(25558) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1742 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS06-018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20000 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-1188 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1184)Record last updated .