CVE-2005-2118

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.1 Medium

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2005-10-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Windows 2000 (Microsoft)
• Windows 2003 Server (Microsoft)
• Windows Xp (Microsoft)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17168
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
• http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15070
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
• 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