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CVE-2005-2118

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow when the user views the file's properties using Windows Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2122.

Published: Oct 21, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (12)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2003_server r2
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vwf9-vv72-fw75

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 5.1 / 10
EPSS Score 47.37%

Top 1% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 34.6 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub