CVE-2000-0400

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by http-equiv · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19928

Scores

EPSS 0.1635
EPSS Percentile 94.7%

Classification

CWE
CWE-20
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

microsoft/internet_explorer

Timeline

Published May 13, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026