CVE-2005-1097

Rebrand P2P Share Spy <2.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1097. PoCs published by Kozan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit reads the plaintext password stored in the Windows Registry by P2P Share Spy 2.2 due to insecure storage practices. It leverages the RegOpenKeyEx and RegQueryValueEx functions to extract the password from the registry key.

Description

Rebrand P2P Share Spy 2.2 stores the user password in plaintext in the txtPassword value in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Kozan · clocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/920

This exploit reads the plaintext password stored in the Windows Registry by P2P Share Spy 2.2 due to insecure storage practices. It leverages the RegOpenKeyEx and RegQueryValueEx functions to extract the password from the registry key.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: P2P Share Spy 2.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · P2P Share Spy 2.2 installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013673

Scores

EPSS 0.0056
EPSS Percentile 42.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
rebrand/p2p_share_spy 2.2
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026