Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
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 a registry key name, which triggers the overflow in a wsprintfW function call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.620 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.620 · newest: 0.620 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17166 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047 (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
- secunia.com/advisories/17223 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1244 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/71 (third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/18830 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2120?
- CVE-2005-2120 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2005-10-13.
- Is CVE-2005-2120 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.