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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0162

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.

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 7.55%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
7.55% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/ie · microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/visual studio
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.