Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2001-0002
Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached content and open the content in the Local Computer Zone, then use compiled HTML help (.chm) files to execute arbitrary programs.
EPSS: 0.202 (97.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 5.01
- Microsoft Windows_script_host — versions 5.1, 5.5
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0002?
- CVE-2001-0002 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2001-07-21.
- Is CVE-2001-0002 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.