CVE-2005-2120

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

13/10/2005

Last modified:

03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.50

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::fr::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:tablet_pc:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:tablet_pc:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2005-2120

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools