CVE-2000-0596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 5.x does not warn a user before opening a Microsoft Access database file that is referenced within ActiveX OBJECT tags in an HTML document, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands, aka the "IE Script" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 13.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0.1:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13009.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1398
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=000d01bfe0fb%24418f59b0%2496217aa8%40src.bu.edu
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589359.762392DB%40nat.bg
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.205Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0596

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0596

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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