CVE-2005-2117
N/A
Published: October 21, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows 2000Windows 2003 Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 38%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
sp4
All versions
sp1sp2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdfThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1291Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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