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CVE-2005-2127 Detail

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16480 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17509 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/72 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740372 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898241 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx CVE, Microsoft Corporation Mitigation  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1450 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Broken Link 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895 CVE, Microsoft Corporation VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34754 CVE, Microsoft Corporation VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1155 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1454 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1464 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1468 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1535 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1538 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2127
NVD Published Date:
08/19/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation