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CVE-2000-04001 exploit

The Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer 5 does not restrict which file types can be downloaded, which allows an att…

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.3%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-19928 Microsoft Active Movie Control 1.0 - Filetype · remote · 2000-05-13

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=95868514521257&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/1221 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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