CVE-2005-4560

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 86.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise-sp1, r2, r2-sp1, standard, standard-sp1 (+2)
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002455.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18255
http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
http://secunia.com/advisories/18364
http://secunia.com/advisories/18415
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015416
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-001.htm
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_137760.htm
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-122005.html#00000753
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181038
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420288/100/0/threaded

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