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CVE-2001-0807

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.0, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers (malicious web pages) to read known text files from a client's hard drive via a SCRIPT tag with a SRC value that points to the text file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&mid=189341
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6688
• http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&mid=189341
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6688

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