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CVE-2005-0063

Published: May 02, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0063
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_2000Microsoft**
Windows_2003_serverMicrosoftenterprise (including)enterprise (including)
Windows_2003_serverMicrosoftr2 (including)r2 (including)
Windows_2003_serverMicrosoftstandard (including)standard (including)
Windows_2003_serverMicrosoftweb (including)web (including)
Windows_98Microsoft**
Windows_98seMicrosoft**
Windows_meMicrosoft**
Windows_xpMicrosoft**

References

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