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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 remo

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2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-1269, EDB-1271

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 18

securityfocus.com

secunia.com

docs.microsoft.com

support.avaya.com

oval.cisecurity.org

securitytracker.com

eeye.com

securityreason.com

osvdb.org

kb.cert.org

us-cert.gov

Exploit-DB

GitHub · rapid7/metasploit-framework