CVE-2005-2120

Public Exploit

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.

6.5

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 73.41% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory eeye.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065	exploit vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/17166	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047	vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1244	vdb entry signature
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015042	vdb entry patch
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.html	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/71	third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/18830	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214572	third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1328	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1519	vdb entry signature
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html	third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2120?: CVE-2005-2120 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2120?: To fix CVE-2005-2120, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2120 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2120 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~73% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.