CVE-2005-2122

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 46.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17168
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/922708
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15069
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1329
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1488

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