CVE-2005-2120
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service (UMPNPMGR.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP1 and SP2, allows remote or local authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of "\" (backslash) characters in…
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service (UMPNPMGR.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP1 and SP2, allows remote or local authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of "\" (backslash) characters in a registry key name, which triggers the overflow in a wsprintfW function call.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 61.97% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17166Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/71
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015042Patch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214572Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/18830
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065Exploit, Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1244
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1328
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1519
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17166Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/71
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015042Patch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214572Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/18830
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065Exploit, Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1244
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1328
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1519
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.