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CVE-2001-0665

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause certain HTTP requests to be automatically executed and appear to come from the user, which could allow attackers to gain privileges or execute operations within web-based services, aka the "HTTP Request Encoding vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: through 6

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/1972
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3421
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7259
• http://www.osvdb.org/1972
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3421
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7259

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