CVE-2005-0059
highpriority · attend · 76EPSS 0.733 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
3 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
73.3% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer overflow in the Message Queuing component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
10.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-119USLLM-inferred
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-16747Microsoft Message Queueing Service - Path Overflow (MS05-017) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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published 2005-05-02modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-017enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4384enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4988enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-017nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4384nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4988nvd
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