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CVE-2001-0724in critical feed

Internet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed URLs that contain dotless IP addresses, which c…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.3%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Internet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed URLs that contain dotless IP addresses, which causes Internet Explorer to process the page in the Intranet Zone, which may have fewer security restrictions, aka the "Zone Spoofing Vulnerability variant" of CVE-2001-0664.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • osvdb.org /5556 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-055 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/8471 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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