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CVE-2000-0790

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The web-based folder display capability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98 allows local users to insert Trojan horse programs by modifying the Folder.htt file and using the InvokeVerb method in the ShellDefView ActiveX control to specify a default execute option for the first file that is listed in the folder.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1571
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=3998370D.732A03F1%40nat.bg
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5097
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1571
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=3998370D.732A03F1%40nat.bg
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5097

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