VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-0667

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability14.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-10-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute commands by spawning Telnet with a log file option on the command line and writing arbitrary code into an executable file which is later executed, aka a new variant of the Telnet Invocation vulnerability as described in CVE-2001-0150.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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