CVE-2002-2105 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service by corrupting the explorer.exe.manifest file, preventing the system from booting.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-2105?
CVE-2002-2105 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 5 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Windows XP allows local users to prevent the system from booting via a corrupt explorer.exe.manifest file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2105?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2105?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2105 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-2105 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2105 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j7q6-wfv5-chr8.