CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0643
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, which could allow attackers to trick the user into executing dangerous programs by making it appear that the document is of a safe file type.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 5.5
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information weakness
References
- http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99048 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.guninski.com/clsidext.html www.guninski.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/7858 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.postcard%40mm.html www.sarc.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/176909 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2612 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6426 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99048 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.guninski.com/clsidext.html www.guninski.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/7858 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.postcard%40mm.html www.sarc.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/176909 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2612 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6426 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com