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CVE-2000-10611 exploit

Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows an unsigned applet to create and use ActiveX controls, which allows…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
10.5%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows an unsigned applet to create and use ActiveX controls, which allows a remote attacker to bypass Internet Explorer's security settings and execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page or email, aka the "Microsoft VM ActiveX Component" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

10.46% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20266 Microsoft Virtual Machine 2000/3100/3200/3300 Series - 'com.ms.activeX.ActiveXComponent' Arbitrary Program Execution · remote · 2000-10-05

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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