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CVE-2005-4560

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote...

7.5 HighPublic exploit

CVE-2005-4560 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published December 28, 2005. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
86.1%EPSS, 99th percentile
Exploitation
None known2 public exploits
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Exploit likelihood

86.1%Down 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
MetasploitWindows XP/2003/Vista Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution2005-12-27
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Windows XP/Vista/2003 - Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution (MS06-001) (Metasploit)2010-09-20

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Record
CVE-2005-4560
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Record
CVE-2005-4560
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-4555No score

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Record
EUVD-2005-4555
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w94w-cg39-6r6hNo score

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote...

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Record
GHSA-w94w-cg39-6r6h
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
exploits, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

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