CVE-2005-2118

Windows Shell - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Shortcut File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow when the user views the file's properties using Windows Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2122.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1192
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1116
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15070
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17168
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.4737
EPSS Percentile 98.7%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_2000 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server r2
microsoft/windows_xp (6 CPE variants)
Published Oct 21, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026