The ActiveX control for invoking a scriptlet in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x renders arbitrary file types instead of HTML, which allows an attacker to read arbitrary files, aka the Scriptlet Rendering vulnerability.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet_explorer | Microsoft | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Internet_explorer | Microsoft | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) |
| Internet_explorer | Microsoft | 5.01 (including) | 5.01 (including) |
| Internet_explorer | Microsoft | 5.5 (including) | 5.5 (including) |