PT-2001-1895 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-10-12 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2001-0712

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the rendering engine in Internet Explorer, which determines the MIME type independently of the type specified by the server. This allows remote servers to automatically execute script placed in a file whose MIME type does not normally support scripting, such as text (.txt) or JPEG (.jpg) files.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0712

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3116 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/200291 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/200109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0712 · Security Note