CVE-2005-2124

Microsoft Windows Metafile - 'gdi32.dll' Denial of Service (MS05-053)

Severity Score

7.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to "An unchecked buffer" and possibly buffer overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) format image, aka "Windows Metafile Vulnerability."

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.6

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-07-02 CVE Reserved
2005-11-09 CVE Published
2005-11-29 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-11-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17461	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17498	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/161	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015168	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-228.pdf	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108a.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15356	Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-312A.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2348	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1343	2005-11-29
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1346	2005-11-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108b.html	2018-10-12
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433341	2018-10-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-053	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp4, fr		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				64-bit Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "64-bit"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				itanium Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "itanium"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "r2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				sp1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "sp1"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				sp1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "sp1"		itanium		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		64-bit		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp1, tablet_pc		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp2, tablet_pc		Affected