CVE-2005-2122
N/A
Published: October 21, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows 2000Windows 2003 Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 46%
Description
Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow in the Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2118.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
sp1sp2sp3sp4
goldsp1sp2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17168Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdfx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdfThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/922708Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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