The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Win…

Published 20 y ago 2005-12-28 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

86.1%

percentile 100%

Public exploits

Metasploit · Exploit-DB

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 prediction (EPSS)

86.09% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms06_001_wmf_setabortproc Windows XP/2003/Vista Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution · metasploit exploit, great rank · 2005-12-27
EDB-16612 Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2003 - Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution (MS06-001) (Metasploit) · remote · 2010-09-20

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

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Sources

CVE List: CVE-2005-4560
NVD: CVE-2005-4560

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