PT-2001-2543 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2001-05-11 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2001-1450

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.0 through 6.0

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a browser crash, via a crafted FTP URL, such as "/.#./".

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.0 through 6.0, avoid using crafted FTP URLs to prevent the browser crash. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to FTP URLs until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1450

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• 🔥 http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/vuln-dev/2001/05/msg00029.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1450 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/199408 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10117 · Note