CVE-2005-1792

N/A Unknown
Published: June 01, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by creating security contexts more quickly than they can be cleared from the RPC cache.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/13020
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/13020
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
13.1%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft