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CVE-2001-0002

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
21/07/2001
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached content and open the content in the Local Computer Zone, then use compiled HTML help (.chm) files to execute arbitrary programs.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_script_host:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_script_host:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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