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CVE-2005-2118

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.1 Published: 2005-10-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows 2000Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References