VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0047
Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly "validate the use of memory regions" for COM structured storage files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "COM Structured Storage Vulnerability."
HIGH 7.2EPSS 4.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly "validate the use of memory regions" for COM structured storage files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "COM Structured Storage Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.44% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755870828817&w=2
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/SSExploit.c
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597889Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19105
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1159
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2351
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2892
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A901
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755870828817&w=2
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/SSExploit.c
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597889Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19105
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1159
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2351
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2892
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A901
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.