Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2001-0667

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute commands by spawning Telnet with a log file option on the command line and writing arbitrary code into an executable file which is later executed, aka a new variant of the Telnet Invocation vulnerability as described in CVE-2001-0150.

EPSS: 0.147 (96.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (government-resource, Broken Link, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-0667?
CVE-2001-0667 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2001-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2001-0667?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.