CVE-2000-0162

The Microsoft virtual machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows a remote attacker to read files via a malicious Java applet that escapes the Java sandbox, aka the "VM File Reading" vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2000-02-18

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Ie (Microsoft)
• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
• Visual Studio (Microsoft)

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-011