Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2001-0712
The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is specified by the server, which allows remote servers to automatically execute script which is placed in a file whose MIME type does not normally support scripting, such as text (.txt), JPEG (.jpg), etc.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.060 (93.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200291 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200109 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3116 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)