CVE-2005-2120
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/71
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015042
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214572
- http://www.osvdb.org/18830
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1244
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1328
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1519
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.