CVE-2005-2765

CVE-2005-2765 describes an information hiding vulnerability in the Windows Firewall interface of Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003. Attackers with administrative privileges could craft malformed registry entries that the firewall interface would not display, potentially obscuring their activities from administrators relying solely on the GUI for monitoring. The CVSS score is 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low complexity, no authentication, and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. Despite the vendor disputing its classification as a vulnerability due to required administrative privileges, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.