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CVE-2001-0727
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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.".
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3578
- http://www.osvdb.org/3033
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058