CVE-2000-0596

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 4.0.1-sp2, 5

References

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
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

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