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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows_2000 | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_2003_server | Microsoft | enterprise (including) | enterprise (including) |
| Windows_2003_server | Microsoft | r2 (including) | r2 (including) |
| Windows_2003_server | Microsoft | standard (including) | standard (including) |
| Windows_2003_server | Microsoft | web (including) | web (including) |
| Windows_98 | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_98se | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_me | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_xp | Microsoft | * | * |