CVE-2005-2126

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The FTP client in Windows XP SP1 and Server 2003, and Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4, when "Enable Folder View for FTP Sites" is enabled and the user manually initiates a file transfer, allows user-assisted, remote FTP servers to overwrite files in arbitrary locations via crafted filenames.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17163
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015036
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/415828
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6M00I0KEAU.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1146
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1284
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1416
http://secunia.com/advisories/17163

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