01 Record
CVE-2004-2289
Microsoft Windows XP Explorer allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a system folder with a Desktop.ini file containing a .ShellClassInfo specifier with a CLSID value that is associated with
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Microsoft Windows XP Explorer allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a system folder with a Desktop.ini file containing a .ShellClassInfo specifier with a CLSID value that is associated with
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 23.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-04 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b92d301fed7849fd8c741b19f69fafafc4928b55ea83d412ff03b45c47769a19
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwinxp-explorer-code-execution(16171)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16171
- secunia.com11633http://secunia.com/advisories/11633
- www.freewebs.comhttp://www.freewebs.com/roozbeh_afrasiabi/xploit/execute.htm
- www.securityfocus.com10363http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10363
- www.osvdb.org6221http://www.osvdb.org/6221
- archives.neohapsis.com20040517 Desktop.ini flaw results in executing foldershttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0168.html
- docs.microsoft.comMS06-015https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-015