CVE-2004-1649

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Msinfo32.exe might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the msinfo_file command line parameter. NOTE: this issue might not cross security boundaries, so it may be REJECTED in the future.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Msinfo32.exe might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the msinfo_file command line parameter. NOTE: this issue might not cross security boundaries, so it may be REJECTED in the future.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-08-31 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:31:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

References

20040830 MSInfo Buffer Overflow

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

20040831 MSInfo Buffer Overflow

20040830 MSInfo Buffer Overflow

msinfo-msinfofile-bo(17153)

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