CVE-2000-0790

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

The web-based folder display capability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98 allows local users to insert Trojan horse programs by modifying the Folder.htt file and using the InvokeVerb method in the ShellDefView ActiveX control to specify a default execute option for the first file that is listed in the folder.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98::gold::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0784	The web-based folder display capability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 98 allows local users to insert Trojan horse programs by modifying the Folder.htt file and using the InvokeVerb method in the ShellDefView ActiveX control to specify a default execute option for the first file that is listed in the folder.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.391% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1571
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=3998370D.732A03F1%40nat.bg
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5097

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows 98 Windows 98se

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:28 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:28 AM
Reserved: Sep 19, 2000, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:52 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 20, 2000, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:52 PM

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