PT-2001-1909 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-12-14 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2001-0727

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 version 6.0

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields, causing the browser to believe that a file is safe to open without prompting the user.

Recommendations: For Internet Explorer version 6.0, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk of arbitrary code execution.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0727

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0727 · Security Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html · Patch
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/3033 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3578 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A921 · Note
• http://ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699 · Note