CVE-2005-1191 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1191?

CVE-2005-1191 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 19 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1191?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se, Microsoft Windows Me.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2005-1191 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-1191 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rf57-jxrf-9cpm.