Is CVE-2005-1191 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1191 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1191?

CVE-2005-1191 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1191?

CVE-2005-1191 has an EPSS score of 19.62% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1191

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The Web View DLL (webvw.dll), as used in Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 systems, does not properly filter an apostrophe ("'") in the author name in a document, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary script via extra attributes when Web View constructs a mailto: link for the preview pane when the user selects the file.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

19.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.