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.

Affected products

Windows 2000, Windows Explorer

Microsoft Windows 2000

All versions

Microsoft Windows 98

All versions

Microsoft Windows 98se

All versions

Microsoft Windows Me

All versions

CVSS 2.0

5.0 MEDIUM

EPSS

17.1% (97th percentile)

NVD status

Modified

Published

2005-04-19