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MS06-018 | |
Threat Level DamageDistribution |
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| Common name: | MS06-018 |
| Technical name: | MS06-018 |
| Threat level: | Low |
| Alias: | Vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Vulnerabilidad del Coordinador de transacciones distribuidas de Microsoft |
| Type: | Vulnerability |
| Effects: | It is a group of vulnerabilities in the Distributed Transaction Coordinator on Windows 2003/XP/2000 computers, which allows Denial of Service attacks to be launched against vulnerable computers. |
| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000 |
| First detected on: | May 10, 2006 |
| Detection updated on: | May 10, 2006 |
| Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
MS06-018 is not categorized as virus, worm, Trojan or backdoor. It is a group of moderate vulnerabilities in the MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator), on Windows 2003/XP/2000 computers, which allows DoS (Denial of Service) attacks to be launched against the vulnerable computer. If exploited successfully, MS06-018 allows hackers to cause the computer to stop responding. MS06-018 is exploited by creating a specially crafted packet that is sent to the vulnerable computer. Although it is possible to launch this type of attacks across the Internet, a firewall could be used in order to prevent those attacks. If you have a Windows 2003/XP/2000 computer, it is recommendable to download and apply the security patch for this vulnerability. Click here to access the web page for downloading the patch. |