{"cve":"CVE-2005-2679","nvd":{"published":"2005-08-23T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:15:27.593","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in Sysinternals Process Explorer 9.23, and other versions before 9.25, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long CompanyName field in the VersionInfo information in a running process.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/16525","http://securitytracker.com/id?1014742","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14616","http://www.sysinternals.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=957&PN=1","http://secunia.com/advisories/16525"],"products":["sysinternals:process_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-2679","score":0.03462,"percentile":0.89048,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}