CVE-2000-0201

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

The window.showHelp() method in Internet Explorer 5.x does not restrict HTML help files (.chm) to be executed from the local host, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Microsoft Networking.

The window.showHelp() method in Internet Explorer 5.x does not restrict HTML help files (.chm) to be executed from the local host, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Microsoft Networking.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2000-03-01 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

5.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01

5.01

References

1033

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