Description
The Microsoft virtual machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows a remote attacker to read files via a malicious Java applet that escapes the Java sandbox, aka the "VM File Reading" vulnerability.
Affected products
- Microsoft / ie4.0 – 4.0
- Microsoft / ie4.0 – 4.0
- Microsoft / ie4.1 – 4.1
- Microsoft / ie4.1 – 4.1
- Microsoft / ie5 – 5
- Microsoft / ie5.0 – 5.0
- Microsoft / ie5.0 – 5.0
- Microsoft / internet_explorer4.0 – 4.0
- Microsoft / visual_studio6.0 – 6.0