Microsoft Windows Shell MSHTA Script Execution in OLE Files (MS05-016) - Ver2 (CVE-2005-0063)

The Windows operating system provides facilities that make it possible to invoke different applications to handle different types of files. This makes it possible for a user to double click on a known image type file, for instance, and by that action launch the proper application to display or ed...

CVE-2005-0063

The CVE-2005-0063 issue stems from Windows Shell/MSHTA handling of file associations. A remote code execution vulnerability exists when a user opens a specially crafted OLE2 document (e.g., Word) whose CLSID is manipulated to invoke HTML Application Host (MSHTA) to process the file. Exploitation ...

MS05-016: Vulnerability in Windows Shell (893086)

The remote version of Windows contains a flaw in the Windows Shell that could allow an attacker to elevate his privileges and/or execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to lure a victim into visiting a malicious website or into opening a malicious...