THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2000-1061
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2000-1061

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
10.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows an unsigned applet to create and use ActiveX controls, which allows a remote attacker to bypass Internet Explorer's security settings and execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page or email, aka the "Microsoft VM ActiveX Component" vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2000-12-11

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 10.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-1061

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-1061.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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