CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-0063

7.5 HIGH Published 2005-05-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-05-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The document processing application used by the Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the CLSID stored in a file so that it is processed by HTML Application Host (MSHTA), as demonstrated using a Microsoft Word document.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise • microsoft windows 2003 server r2 • microsoft windows 2003 server standard • microsoft windows 2003 server web • microsoft windows 98 • microsoft windows 98se • microsoft windows me • microsoft windows xp

References