# CVE-2004-2365: Denial of service in n/a

> Local attackers can exhaust system memory and cause denial of service by repeatedly creating and deleting directories via non-standard tools.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wq52-69c2-w636

## What is CVE-2004-2365?

CVE-2004-2365 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 16 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory leak in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by repeatedly creating and deleting directories using a non-standard tool such as smbmount.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2365?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-2365?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2365 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-2365 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2365 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

- [CVE-2008-0015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0015/): Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-1701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1701/): Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-5065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5065/): Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2011-1268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1268/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1868/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2365 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-2365 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 16 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2365 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2365/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2365/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2365
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2365
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2365

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.