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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-0063 in the critical feed json

The document processing application used by the Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote…

published 2005-04-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0064

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
47.6%
EPSS 47.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-938)

Exploit prediction

47.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-938 Microsoft Windows - 'HTA' Script Execution (MS05-016) local, 2005-04-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.