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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-1983 EUVD-2005-1985GHSA-9794-w9r7-gpfh

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 Aug 10, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

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.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 4

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