Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2005-1191
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.
EPSS: 0.171 (96.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)