CVE-2005-1983

highpriority · act · 83EPSS 0.930 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

5 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

93.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, and local users to gain privileges via a malicious application, as exploited by the Zotob (aka Mytob) worm.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-121USLLM-inferred

exploits (5)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-1146Microsoft Windows - Plug-and-Play Service Remote Overflow (MS05-039)functional · exploit_db
EDB-1149Microsoft Windows Plug-and-Play Service - Remote Universal (MS05-039)functional · exploit_db
EDB-1179Microsoft Windows Plug-and-Play Service - Remote Universal (Spanish) (MS05-039)functional · exploit_db
EDB-16365Microsoft Plug and Play Service - Overflow (MS05-039) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/smb/ms05_039_pnpMS05-039 Microsoft Plug and Play Service Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft windows 2000all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xpall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-08-10modified 2026-06-16

references (42)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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