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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.171 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.171 · newest: 0.171 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396224 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13248 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0509 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20380 (vdb-entry)
- security.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm015-ie (Exploit, Patch)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-024 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3585 (signature, vdb-entry)