# CVE-2005-2765: Information disclosure in n/a

> Administrators can hide firewall exceptions from the UI by modifying registry entries, bypassing monitoring capabilities.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2005
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f265-7v27-r436

## What is CVE-2005-2765?

CVE-2005-2765 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 1 Sep 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The user interface in the Windows Firewall does not properly display certain malformed entries in the Windows Registry, which makes it easier for attackers with administrator privileges to hide activities if the administrator only uses the Windows Firewall interface to monitor exceptions.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that since administrative privileges are already required, it is not a vulnerability.  CVE has not yet formally decided if such "information hiding" issues should be included.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2765?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2765?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

- [CVE-2008-0015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0015/): Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-1701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1701/): Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-5065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5065/): Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2011-1268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1268/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1868/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2765 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2765 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 1 Sep 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2765/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2765/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2765
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2765
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2765

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