CVE-2005-1045

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

OpenText FirstClass 8.0 client does not properly sanitize strings before passing them to the Windows ShellExecute API, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a UNC path in a bookmark.

Affected products

Centrinity Firstclass Desktop Client: 8.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111323587931293&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14898/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013665
http://www.osvdb.org/15356
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13079
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20032
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111323587931293&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14898/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013665
http://www.osvdb.org/15356
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13079
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20032

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