PT-2001-1326 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-02-16 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2001-0091

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Internet Explorer versions 5.0 through 5.5

Description: The issue allows an attacker to read arbitrary files due to the ActiveX control rendering arbitrary file types instead of HTML.

Recommendations: For versions 5.0 through 5.5, consider disabling the ActiveX control for invoking scriptlets as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0091

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0091 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6085 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7820 · Note