CVE-2005-2118 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17168 http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015040 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf http://www.argeniss.com/research/MSBugPaper.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15070 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1116 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1192