CVE-2004-0120

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The Microsoft Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) library, as used in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed SSL messages.

Published: 2004-06-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0120 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.06%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.96% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0120

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
176 exploit_db edb 2004-04-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0120

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 78.10% 83.06% +4.96%
2 2025-12-27 83.06% 78.10% -4.96%
3 2025-12-20 — 83.06% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0120

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0120

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0120

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0120

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