Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2001-0727
Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields in a way that causes Internet Explorer to believe that the file is safe to open without prompting the user, aka the "File Execution Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
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: 0.310 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.310 · newest: 0.310 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.5, 6.0
References
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:921 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/3033 (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3578 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058 (vendor-advisory)