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CVE-2005-0059

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0059 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Message Queuing component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP SP1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with full system privileges by sending a specially crafted message. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and complete compromise potential. Exploit code, including Metasploit modules, is publicly available, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, although there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
73.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MS05-017 Microsoft Message Queueing Service Path Overflow · Apr 12, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-16747 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7387 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-017
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4384
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4988