CVE-2005-0063
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 47.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 47.65% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 April 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 47.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755356016155&w=2
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=231&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5YP0T0AFFW.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13132
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0335
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2184
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3456
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A407
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4710
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A587
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755356016155&w=2
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=231&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5YP0T0AFFW.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13132
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0335
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2184
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3456
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A407
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4710
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A587
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.