CVE-2005-1191

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.0

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

25.57

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB894320)	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234