CVE-2005-2117 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Web View in Windows Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 does not properly handle certain HTML characters in preview fields, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-10-21

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 46.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::fr::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:tablet_pc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:tablet_pc:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.46533.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17168
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15064
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1291

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Server Windows Explorer Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2005-10-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:15:37.462Z

Reserved: 2005-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2117

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-21T18:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2117

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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