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high 7.5

CVE-2005-4560 in the critical feed json

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Win…

published 2005-12-28 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4555

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.1%
EPSS 86.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms06_001_wmf_setabortproc)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

86.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms06_001_wmf_setabortproc Windows XP/2003/Vista Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution metasploit exploit, great rank, 2005-12-27
  • EDB-16612 Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2003 - Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution (MS06-001) (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • f-secure.com http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-122005.html#00000753 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1015416 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16074 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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