Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 18, 2000· Updated Jun 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.
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Affected products
11cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.x and 5.x
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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