CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0201

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2000-03-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-03-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 5.0 • microsoft internet explorer 5.01

References