Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2679
CVE-2005-2679
Description
Buffer overflow in Sysinternals Process Explorer 9.23, and other versions before 9.25, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long CompanyName field in the VersionInfo information in a running process.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:sysinternals:process_explorer:9.23.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- securitytracker.com/idnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14616nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/16525nvd
- www.sysinternals.com/Forum/forum_posts.aspnvd
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