CVE-2000-0400
The Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer 5 does not restrict which file...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2000-0400- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2000-0400- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2000-0399 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2000-0399- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wq95-mwj7-34mh No score
The Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer 5 does not restrict which file...
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.
- Record
GHSA-wq95-mwj7-34mh- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Active Movie Control 1.0 - Filetype | 2000-05-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2000-0400 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published May 13, 2000. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.34%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.