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CVE-2005-2679

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Sysinternals Process Explorer 9.23, and other versions before 9.25, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long CompanyName field in the VersionInfo information in a running process.

Affected products

• Sysinternals Process Explorer: 9.23.0.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16525
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014742
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14616
• http://www.sysinternals.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=957&PN=1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16525
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014742
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14616
• http://www.sysinternals.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=957&PN=1

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