Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2001-0643
Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, which could allow attackers to trick the user into executing dangerous programs by making it appear that the document is of a safe file type.
EPSS: 0.104 (95.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 5.5
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)