CVE-2000-1061

Microsoft Virtual Machine 2000/3100/3200/3300 Series - 'com.ms.activeX.ActiveXComponent' Arbitrary Program Execution

Severity Score

5.1

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows an unsigned applet to create and use ActiveX controls, which allows a remote attacker to bypass Internet Explorer's security settings and execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page or email, aka the "Microsoft VM ActiveX Component" vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-10-05 First Exploit
2000-11-29 CVE Reserved
2000-12-11 CVE Published
2023-06-29 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5127	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20266	2000-10-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-075	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				4.x Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "4.x"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				5.x Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "5.x"		-		Affected