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…

published April 19, 2005

CVSS

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EPSS

17%

Percentile

97.1

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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 record

Technical detail

CVSS: Not scored
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.17108 · 97.1th percentile
Published: 2005-04-19T04:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

19 APR 04:00Z
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…
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