CVE-2001-0807

low Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
9.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 7% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: December 6, 2001 (8925 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Internet Explorer 5.0, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers (malicious web pages) to read known text files from a client's hard drive via a SCRIPT tag with a SRC value that points to the text file.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com