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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1116 Date: 2005-10-12
Title: .lnk File-Properties Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Windows XP)
Description: 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.
Version: 1 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2005-2118
Family: windows
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP Product(s): Operating System
Definition Synopsis:

OVAL is CVE Compatible