CVE-2000-0790

Severity Score

7.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-09-19 CVE Reserved
2000-10-20 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=3998370D.732A03F1%40nat.bg	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5097	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1571	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 98 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98"				*		gold		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 98se Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98se"				*		-		Affected