CVE-2005-4560
The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 86.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Windows XP/2003/Vista Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms06_001_wmf_setabortprocRank greatdisclosed 27 Dec 2005
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2003 - Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution (MS06-001) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16612remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 86.1% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_137760.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051228 Re: Is this a new exploit? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-122005.html#00000753 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051228 WMF Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1492 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20051228 RE: [Full-disclosure] Someone wasted a nice bug on spyware... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1564 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18255 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1612 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2005-3086 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015416 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20051227 Exploitation of Windows WMF on the web (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20051229 WMF exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- win-wmf-execute-code(23846) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18364 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060104 Another WMF exploit workaround (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060101 Re: RE: WMF Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060103 Re: [funsec] WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060103 WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA05-362A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002455.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051229 RE: WMF Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1431 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20051227 Is this a new exploit? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#181038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 16074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375341 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS06-001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20060103 WMF SETABORTPROC exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA06-005A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-001.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-4555 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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