CVE-2004-0728

Exp

The Remote Control Client service in Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.50.2726.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a data packet to TCP port 2702 that causes the server to read or write to an invalid memory address.

Published: 2004-07-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0728 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.77%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0728

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
366 exploit_db edb 2004-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0728

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 2026-03-28 46.09% 37.77% -8.32%
2 2025-07-13 42.72% 46.09% +3.37%
3 2025-06-17 42.72%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0728

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-2004-0728

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft systems_management_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:1.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:1.2:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:1.2:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:1.2:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft systems_management_server 2.50.2726 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:systems_management_server:2.50.2726:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0728

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