CVE-2001-0643

Published Sep 20, 2001

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, which could allow attackers to trick the user into executing dangerous programs by making it appear that the document is of a safe file type.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "40F8042F-C621-45AE-9F8C-70469579643A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References