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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2005-1983 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 allows remote attac…

published 2005-08-10 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1985

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
93.1%
EPSS 93.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, and local users to gain privileges via a malicious application, as exploited by the Zotob (aka Mytob) worm.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/smb/ms05_039_pnp)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

93.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/smb/ms05_039_pnp MS05-039 Microsoft Plug and Play Service Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2005-08-09
  • EDB-16365 Microsoft Plug and Play Service - Overflow (MS05-039) (Metasploit) dos, 2010-08-30
  • EDB-1179 Microsoft Windows Plug-and-Play Service - Remote Universal (Spanish) (MS05-039) remote, 2005-08-25
  • EDB-1149 Microsoft Windows Plug-and-Play Service - Remote Universal (MS05-039) remote, 2005-08-12
  • EDB-1146 Microsoft Windows - Plug-and-Play Service Remote Overflow (MS05-039) remote, 2005-08-11

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

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