National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2124
Original release date:11/29/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to "An unchecked buffer" and possibly buffer overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) format image, aka "Windows Metafile Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
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 Vulnerability Note: VU#433341
Name: VU#433341
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-312A
Name: TA05-312A
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-053
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108b.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015168
External Source: BID
Name: 15356
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-2348
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108a.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-228.pdf
External Source: SREASON
Name: 161
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17498
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17461
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17223