THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-2118
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2118

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
47.4%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-10-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 47.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2118

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2118.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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