CVE-2000-0201

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
5.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 10% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: March 1, 2000 (9570 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The window.showHelp() method in Internet Explorer 5.x does not restrict HTML help files (.chm) to be executed from the local host, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Microsoft Networking.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

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