CVE-2001-0727

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 31.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.5, 6.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699
http://www.osvdb.org/3033
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3578
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A921
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2

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