CVE-2000-0329

Ie vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

7.7%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

A Microsoft ActiveX control allows a remote attacker to execute a malicious cabinet file via an attachment and an embedded script in an HTML mail, aka the "Active Setup Control" vulnerability.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

1999-11-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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