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title: "CVE-2003-0605: The RPC DCOM interface in Windows 2000 SP3… | CubePath"
description: "The RPC DCOM interface in Windows 2000 SP3 and SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and local attackers to use the DoS…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0605
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# CVE-2003-0605: The RPC DCOM interface in Windows 2000 SP3… | CubePath

## Description

The RPC DCOM interface in Windows 2000 SP3 and SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and local attackers to use the DoS to hijack the epmapper pipe to gain privileges, via certain messages to the \_\_RemoteGetClassObject interface that cause a NULL pointer to be passed to the PerformScmStage function.

Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0605)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.58807 (58.8% probability)

Percentile

99.1%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [20030720 Microsoft Windows 2000 RPC DCOM Interface DOS AND Privilege Escalation Vulnerability](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105880332428706&w=2)  (marc.info) mailing-list
- [20030721 Microsoft Windows 2000 RPC DCOM Interface DOS AND Privilege Escalation Vulnerability](http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006851.html)  (lists.grok.org.uk) mailing-list
- [CA-2003-23](http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-23.html)  (cert.org) third-party-advisory
- [oval:org.mitre.oval:def:494](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A494)  (oval.cisecurity.org) vdb-entry signature
- [oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1118](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1118)  (oval.cisecurity.org) vdb-entry signature
- [CA-2003-19](http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.html)  (cert.org) third-party-advisory
- [VU#326746](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/326746)  (kb.cert.org) third-party-advisory
- [MS03-039](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-039)  (docs.microsoft.com) vendor-advisory

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jul 25, 2003
2. Record published Jul 29, 2003
3. Record last updated Aug 8, 2024

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