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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2122

Original release date:10/21/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-284A
Name: TA05-284A
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#922708
Name: VU#922708
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/922708
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-049
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-049.mspx
External Source: BID
Name: 15069
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15069
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015040
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17223
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17172
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17168
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17168
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:708
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:708
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:708
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1551
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1551
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1551
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1537
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1537
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1537
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1517
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1517
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1517
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1488
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1488
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1488
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1329
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1329
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1329

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:708
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:708
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1537
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1537
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1488
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1488
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1517
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1517
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1551
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1551
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1329
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1329

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000:::advanced_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000:::datacenter_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000:::professional
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000:::server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp1:advanced_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp1:datacenter_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp1:professional
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp1:server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp2:advanced_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp2:datacenter_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp2:professional
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp2:server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3:advanced_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3:datacenter_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3:professional
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3:server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4:advanced_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4:datacenter_server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4:professional
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4:server
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp:::home
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp:::media_center
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold:professional
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:home
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:media_center
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:tablet_pc
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2122