CVE-2000-1061: Microsoft Ie

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 10.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows an unsigned applet to create and use ActiveX controls, which allows a remote attacker to bypass Internet Explorer's security settings and execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page or email, aka the "Microsoft VM ActiveX Component" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: version 4.x only; version 5.x only

Published 2000-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.