CVE-2000-0400: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer 5 does not restrict which file types can be downloaded, which allows an attacker to download any type of file to a user's system by encoding it within an email message or news post.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5 only

Published 2000-05-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.