CVE - CVE-2005-2118

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-2118	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow when the user views the file's properties using Windows Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2122.
References
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BID:15070 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15070 CERT:TA05-284A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf MISC:http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf MS:MS05-049 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1116 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1116 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1192 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1192 SECTRACK:1015040 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040 SECUNIA:17168 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17168 SECUNIA:17172 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 SECUNIA:17223 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 VULNWATCH:20051019 [Argeniss] Story of a dumb patch (Paper advisory about CSRSS and Windows Explorer vulnerabilities)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20050702	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050702)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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