CVE-2000-0400

Published May 13, 2000

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Configurations