CVE-2005-1191

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Web View DLL (webvw.dll), as used in Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 systems, does not properly filter an apostrophe ("'") in the author name in a document, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary script via extra attributes when Web View constructs a mailto: link for the preview pane when the user selects the file.

The Web View DLL (webvw.dll), as used in Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 systems, does not properly filter an apostrophe ("'") in the author name in a document, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary script via extra attributes when Web View constructs a mailto: link for the preview pane when the user selects the file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft windows 2000_sp1

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft windows 2000_sp3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft windows 98_gold

Microsoft windows 98_se

Microsoft Windows ME

References

http://security.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm015-ie

Exploit, Patch

20050419 File Selection May Lead to Command Execution (GM#015-IE)

Exploit

13248

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

ADV-2005-0509

MS05-024

windows-web-view-command-execution(20380)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3585

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