CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0727

7.5 HIGH Published 2001-12-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-12-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 5.5 • microsoft internet explorer 6.0

References