PT-2005-3055 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2003+3

Brett Moore · Published 2005-10-21 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2005-2117

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version

Description: The issue is related to the Web View in Windows Explorer, which does not properly handle certain HTML characters in preview fields. This allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2117

Affected Products

Windows 2000

Windows Explorer

Windows Server 2003

Windows Xp

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2117 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15064 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1291 · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17168 · Note