CVE-2001-0154

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
16.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: May 3, 2001 (9142 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

HTML e-mail feature in Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows attackers to execute attachments by setting an unusual MIME type for the attachment, which Internet Explorer does not process correctly.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.cert.org 🔗 www.ciac.org 🔗 www.osvdb.org