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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.147 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.147 · newest: 0.147 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtml (government-resource, Broken Link, 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.