CVE-2000-0201

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2000-0201 · Published 01/03/2000 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2000-0201 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting internet explorer (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.8%, higher than 94.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
internet explorer microsoft	`= 5.0= 5.01`	No fix yet

Description

The window.showHelp() method in Internet Explorer 5.x does not restrict HTML help files (.chm) to be executed from the local host, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Microsoft Networking.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/1033

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