CVE-2004-1649: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Msinfo32.exe might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the msinfo_file command line parameter. NOTE: this issue might not cross security boundaries, so it may be REJECTED in the future.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2004-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.