National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-1984
Original release date:08/10/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the Print Spooler service (Spoolsv.exe) for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious message.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-221A
Name: TA05-221A
Type: Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#220821
Name: VU#220821
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-043
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16356
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 14514
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1014638
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:256
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:256
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1405
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1405
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1045
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1045
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100077
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100077
Type: Tool Signature