The Web View DLL (webvw.dll), as used in Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 systems, does not properly filter an apostrophe ("'") in the…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

17.1% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 20050419 File Selection May Lead to Command Execution (GM#015-IE) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 13248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2005-0509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• windows-web-view-command-execution(20380) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://security.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm015-ie (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MS05-024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3585 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 21:44 UTC.