VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2000-0162
CVSS score5.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability7.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-02-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.