CVE-2005-1218

Exp

The Microsoft Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests.

Published: 2005-08-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1218 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 67.05%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2005-1218

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1143 exploit_db edb 2005-08-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1218

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 60.30% 67.05% +6.75%
2 2025-12-27 67.05% 60.30% -6.75%
3 2025-10-28 — 67.05% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1218

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-2005-1218

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1218

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_64-bit:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_64-bit:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:datacenter_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server standard cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server standard cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server standard_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server web cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server web cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:home:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1218

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112146383919436&w=2
http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2783
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/490628 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/904797.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14259 Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html Patch US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-041
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100092
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A180
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A346
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A376
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A609
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A618
https://www.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-July/002188.html
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