CVE-2005-1191

no score yetEPSS 17%

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.

EPSS: 17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2005-05-02
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:windows_2000
microsoft:windows_98
microsoft:windows_98se
microsoft:windows_me

References

http://security.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm015-ie
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396224
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13248
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0509
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-024

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