CVE-2000-0162

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.

Affected products

• microsoft / ie4.0 – 4.0
• microsoft / ie4.0 – 4.0
• microsoft / ie4.1 – 4.1
• microsoft / ie4.1 – 4.1
• microsoft / ie5 – 5
• microsoft / ie5.0 – 5.0
• microsoft / ie5.0 – 5.0
• microsoft / internet_explorer4.0 – 4.0
• microsoft / visual_studio6.0 – 6.0

References

• MISChttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-011