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CVE-2000-0790

Published: Mar 9, 2002

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

ie-folder-remote-exe(5097)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

20000828 IE 5.5/5.x for Win98 may execute arbitrary files that can be accessed thru Microsoft Networking. Also local Administrator compromise at least on default Windows 2000.

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x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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