Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an old denial-of-service issue in Microsoft Terminal Services. An authenticated remote user could interfere with loading msgina.dll and force a reboot. It is not described as data theft or code execution, but on exposed legacy Windows systems it could interrupt operations. Exposure is most likely limited to legacy Windows 2000 Terminal Services systems before SP4 or Windows XP systems with Terminal Services reachable by authenticated remote users. Modern supported Windows deployments are not identified in the bundle. Treat this as a legacy-risk cleanup item. It is not supported here as actively exploited or code-execution capable, but any remaining affected systems are obsolete and could suffer avoidable outages. Mitigation focus: Review Microsoft KB 815225 and apply the vendor-recommended update or service pack.; Confirm Windows 2000 systems are at least SP4 where still present.; Restrict Terminal Services access to trusted administrators and required users only..
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- win2k-terminal-msgina-dos(11141)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- win2k-terminal-msgina-permissions(11816)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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