CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1983

10.0 HIGH Published 2005-08-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-08-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows xp

References