CVE-2005-2120

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Windows

PublishedOct 13, 2005

First seenOct 13, 2005

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft windows_2000	No range specified	—
microsoft windows_xp	No range specified	—

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