Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2005-1983
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, and local users to gain privileges via a malicious application, as exploited by the Zotob (aka Mytob) worm.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.930 (99.8th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.930 · newest: 0.930 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1354 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:497 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.hsc.fr/ressources/presentations/null_sessions/
- www.osvdb.org/18605 (vdb-entry)
- www.frsirt.com/english/alerts/20050814.ZotobA.php
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0384.html (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998653 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14513 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:267 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-266.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-1983?
- CVE-2005-1983 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2005-08-10.
- Is CVE-2005-1983 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.