CVE-2005-2224

Exp

aspnet_wp.exe in Microsoft ASP.NET web services allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from infinite loop) via a crafted SOAP message to an RPC/Encoded method.

Published: 2005-07-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2224 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.83%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +9.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2005-2224

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2224

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 2026-06-15 8.59% 17.83% +9.24%
2 2025-12-28 11.40% 8.59% -2.81%
3 2025-12-27 11.40%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2224

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-2005-2224

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2224

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft asp.net cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2224

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16005 Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14217 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.spidynamics.com/spilabs/advisories/aspRCP.html Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence