THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2001-0712
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2001-0712

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is specified by the server, which allows remote servers to automatically execute script which is placed in a file whose MIME type does not normally support scripting, such as text (.txt), JPEG (.jpg), etc.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2001-10-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-0712

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0712.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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