CVE-2005-2118 (GCVE-0-2005-2118)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-21 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/17168 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
Date Public
2005-10-11 00:00
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