3111 : Microsoft IE Windows Scripting Host (WSH) GetObject Javascript Function Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2000-09-26

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2001-0149" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Windows Scripting Host in Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the GetObject Javascript function and the htmlfile ActiveX object.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Products

Microsoft Corporation

Windows

All Versions

References

CVE ID: 2001-0149 (see also: NVD)
Exploit Database: 20243
ISS X-Force ID: 5293
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0305.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0311.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en
Generic Informational URL: http://www.sans.org/top20/#w7
http://www.sans.org/top20/oct02.php#W10
Other Solution URL: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/win.script.hosting.html
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS01-015

Tools & Filters

Snort	4155

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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