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CVE-2005-2120 Detail

Description

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.


Severity

 


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Hyperlink Resource
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/71
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015042 Patch 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214572 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1244
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1328
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1519

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2120
NVD Published Date:
10/13/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/12/2018
Source:
Microsoft Corporation