Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0875 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
microsoft
exploit available

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause the File Download dialogue box to misrepresent the name of the file in the dialogue in a way that could fool users into thinking that the file type is safe to download.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
2

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionMS Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 File Download Security Warning Bypass. CVE-2001-0875. Remote exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:641
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-11-19
    published2004-11-19
    reportercyber_flash
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/641/
    titleMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 File Download Security Warning Bypass
  • descriptionMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Spoofable File Extensions Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0875. Remote exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:21164
    last seen2016-02-02
    modified2001-11-26
    published2001-11-26
    reporterStatiC
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21164/
    titleMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Spoofable File Extensions Vulnerability

Oval

accepted2016-02-19T10:00:00.000-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameTiffany Bergeron
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameHarvey Rubinovitz
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameChristine Walzer
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameMaria Mikhno
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Mikhno
    organizationALTX-SOFT
descriptionInternet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause the File Download dialogue box to misrepresent the name of the file in the dialogue in a way that could fool users into thinking that the file type is safe to download.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1014
statusaccepted
submitted2004-04-29T04:00:00.000-04:00
titleIE File Download Dialog Deception Vulnerability
version70