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CVE-2000-0400

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer 5 does not restrict which file types can be downloaded, which allows an attacker to download any type of file to a user's system by encoding it within an email message or news post.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95868514521257&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1221
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95868514521257&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1221

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