CVE-2005-2117

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-2117: Medium severity, CVSS 5.1 | Vulnix