PT-2001-1836 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-09-20 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2001-0643

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description: The issue allows attackers to deceive users into executing harmful programs by making a document appear as if it is of a safe file type. This is possible because the software does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name.

Recommendations: For Internet Explorer version 5.5, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0643

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• 🔥 http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/[e-mail] · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20774 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99048 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/176909 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0643 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/7858 · Note
• http://guninski.com/clsidext.html · Note
• http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.postcard%40mm.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2612 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6426 · Note