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    CVE-2005-2127

    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."

    Published:Aug 19, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Aug 19, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.42047
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ati
    Product
    Catalyst Driver
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    .net Framework
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Project
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visio
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio .net

    Exploits

    http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26167

    References

    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18
    http://secunia.com/advisories/16480
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17509
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/72
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740372
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898241
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1450
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34754
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1155
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1454
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1464
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1468
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1535
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1538
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18
    http://secunia.com/advisories/16480
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17509
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/72
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740372
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898241
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1450
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34754
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1155
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1454
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1464
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1468
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1535
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1538

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High