Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Explorer HTML Preview HTML injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Explorer HTML Preview. The manipulation leads to HTML injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-2117. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Explorer HTML Preview. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2005. The weakness was presented 10/11/2005 by Brett Moore with security-assessment.com as MS05-049 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2117 since 07/02/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2063 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20002 (MS05-049: Vulnerabilities in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (900725)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90273 (Microsoft Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS05-049)).

Applying the patch MS05-049 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3841.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22501), Tenable (20002), SecurityFocus (BID 15064†), OSVDB (19898†) and Secunia (SA17168†). See VDB-1623, VDB-1702, VDB-1789 and VDB-1792 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: HTML injection
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 20002
Nessus Name: MS05-049: Vulnerabilities in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (900725)
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Patch: MS05-049
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-049
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: security-assessment.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1793

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X-Force: 22501
SecurityFocus: 15064 - Microsoft Windows Explorer Web View Script Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 17168 - Microsoft Windows Shell and Web View Three Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19898 - CVE-2005-2117 - Microsoft - Windows Explorer - Medium
Vulnerability Center: 9408 - [MS05-049] Windows Explorer Remote Code Execution via HTML Characters in Preview Fields, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2005 13:26
Updated: 06/30/2025 07:20
Changes: 10/12/2005 13:26 (93), 07/04/2019 16:54 (4), 06/30/2025 07:20 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:ED1:103

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