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CVE-2005-1984

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1984 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Print Spooler service (Spoolsv.exe) affecting Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems by sending a specially crafted malicious message. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion is currently reported, the vulnerability's age and the affected operating systems suggest a diminished but not zero risk for unpatched legacy systems.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
54.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5472 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

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/ms05-043
secunia.com / advisories/16356
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100077
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1045
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1405
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A256
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/220821
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/14514
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html
PatchUS Government Resource