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CVE-2005-2120
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service (UMPNPMGR.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP1 and SP2, allows…
Medium6.5EPSS 62.0%
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- microsoft
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service (UMPNPMGR.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP1 and SP2, allows remote or local authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of "\" (backslash) characters in a registry key name, which triggers the overflow in a wsprintfW function call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.0% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (15)
- 15065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17166 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS05-047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1015042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- AD20051011c (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEx_transferred
- 71 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 18830 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#214572 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1328 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA05-284A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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