CVE-2000-0400 describes a critical vulnerability in the Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control within Internet Explorer 5, allowing attackers to download arbitrary file types to a user's system by embedding them in email or news posts. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-19928) exists for this vulnerability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.