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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2005-2122 in the critical feed json

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a s…

published 2005-10-21 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2123

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
46.4%
EPSS 46.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow in the Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2118.

Exploit prediction

46.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.