CVE-2001-0727 (GCVE-0-2001-0727)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-06-25 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields in a way that causes Internet Explorer to believe that the file is safe to open without prompting the user, aka the "File Execution Vulnerability."
References
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml
cve@mitre.org http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699 US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.osvdb.org/3033
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3578
cve@mitre.org https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A921
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699 US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osvdb.org/3033
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3578
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A921
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