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...

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 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...

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 ...

Microsoft Windows opens OLE2 documents using a program specified internally by the document

Overview Microsoft Windows may allow remote code execution through specially crafted OLE2 documents. Description Microsoft object linking and embedding OLE is a technology that allows applications to create and edit compound documents. Compound documents can contain embedded documents or links to...