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CVE-2000-0400

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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The Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer 5 does not restrict which file types can be downloaded, which allows an attacker to download any type of file to a user's system by encoding it within an email message or news post..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: High
Base Score: 7.5/10
Exploit Score: 10/10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
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:internet_explorer:5:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1221
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95868514521257&w=2