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CVE-2005-1191
published 2005-05-02

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…

PriorityP433medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNIPAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
19.62%
97.0th percentile
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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