CVE-2000-0400

Published May 13, 2000

Last updated 3 months 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: Modified

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

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B4071D03-D955-4C1B-ACD8-A864F7D0FA02"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References