VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-0002

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability20.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-07-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached content and open the content in the Local Computer Zone, then use compiled HTML help (.chm) files to execute arbitrary programs.

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