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CVE-2005-2117
Web View in Windows Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 does not properly handle certain HTML…
Medium5.1EPSS 37.6%
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- microsoft
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.6% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS05-049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 17168 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA05-284A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .