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CVE-2000-0162

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

The Microsoft virtual machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows a remote attacker to read files via a malicious Java applet that escapes the Java sandbox, aka the "VM File Reading" vulnerability..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5.1/10
Exploit Score
4.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.1:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5:*:windows_nt_4.0:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.1:*:windows_nt_4.0:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -