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CVE-2001-0002

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: through 5.5; 5.01
• Microsoft Windows Script Host: 5.1, 5.5

References

• http://www.guninski.com/chmtempmain.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/7823
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2456
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-015
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5567
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A920
• http://www.guninski.com/chmtempmain.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/7823
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2456
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-015
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5567
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A920

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