CVE-2005-2118

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Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to e

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow when the user views the file's properties using Windows Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2122.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.4246

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft windows 2000all versions
microsoft windows 2003 serverall versions
microsoft windows xpall versions

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5.1

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD21 Oct 2005 · 06:02 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://secunia.com/advisories/17168Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17172Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17223Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf

http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdfVendor Advisory

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15070

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1116

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1192

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