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CVE-2005-1191

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows MeMicrosoft Windows 98Microsoft Windows 2000Microsoft Windows 98Se

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References