Microsoft Windows 2000/ME Explorer denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Windows 2000/ME. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Explorer. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-0954. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/ME (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Explorer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer in Windows 2000 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed Windows Metafile (WMF) file.

The weakness was released 05/02/2005 by Peter Ferrie with Symantec as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0954 since 04/03/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15507) and SecurityFocus (BID 9892†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/16/2004 🔍
04/03/2005 +383 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +29 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
09/17/2018 +1287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Peter Ferrie
Organization: Symantec
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0954 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0954
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24746
X-Force: 15507 - Microsoft Windows XP Explorer wmf denial of service
SecurityFocus: 9892 - Microsoft Windows XP explorer.exe Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 09/17/2018 08:07
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (52), 09/17/2018 08:07 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:C0C:103

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