PT-2001-1240 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-05-07 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2001-0002

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached content and open the content in the Local Computer Zone. Then, it uses compiled HTML help (.chm) files to execute arbitrary programs.

Recommendations: For Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and earlier, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0002

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0002 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-015 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5567 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7823 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2456 · Note
• http://guninski.com/chmtempmain.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A920 · Note