Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Jet DB engine (msjet40.dll) 4.00.8618.0, related to insufficient data validation, allows remote attacker…

published 2005-04-03 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0945

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 34.0%; EPSS 34.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 3; Exploit-DB

Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Jet DB engine (msjet40.dll) 4.00.8618.0, related to insufficient data validation, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mdb file.

Timeline

2005-04-03 Published
2005-04-11 First public exploit (EDB-927)

Exploit prediction

34.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-951 Microsoft Jet Database - 'msjet40.dll' Code Execution (Reverse Shell) (2) local, 2005-04-22
EDB-929 Microsoft Jet Database - 'msjet40.dll' Reverse Shell (1) local, 2005-04-12
EDB-927 Microsoft Jet Database - 'msjet40.dll' DB File Buffer Overflow local, 2005-04-11

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

hexview.com /docs/20050331-1.txt
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /archive/1/442610/100/100/threaded
mailing-list
marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=111231465920199&w=2
mailing-list
securityfocus.com /archive/1/442446/100/100/threaded
mailing-list
blogs.securiteam.com /?p=535
kb.cert.org /vuls/id/176380
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2005-0944
NVD CVE-2005-0944

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Summary