CVE-2005-2940: Microsoft Antispyware

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Microsoft Antispyware 1.0.509 (Beta 1) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, involving the programs (1) GIANTAntiSpywareMain.exe, (2) gcASNotice.exe, (3) gcasServ.exe, (4) gcasSWUpdater.exe, or (5) GIANTAntiSpywareUpdater.exe. NOTE: it is not clear whether this overlaps CVE-2005-2935.

Affected products

• Microsoft Antispyware: version 1.0.509 only

Published 2005-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.