CVE-2001-0643

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-09-20 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft ie 5.5

5.5

References

http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99048

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.guninski.com/clsidext.html

7858

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

20010416 Double clicking on innocent looking files may be dangerous

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

2612

ie-clsid-execute-files(6426)

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