5.1

CVE-2000-0162: microsoft ie

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
Published 22-03-2000Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2000-0162 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 7.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-03-2000
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Microsoft virtual machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows a remote attacker to read files via a malicious Java applet that escapes the Java sandbox, aka the "VM File Reading" vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.55% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
7.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft3 products

1 vendor · 3 products

References

1 links