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.
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.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-07-24 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |