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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 18, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0162

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

9
  • Microsoft/Ie7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.1:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.1:*:windows_nt_4.0:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5:*:windows_nt_4.0:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Visual Studio
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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