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CVE-2001-0149
Windows Scripting Host in Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the GetObject Javascript…
Medium5.0EPSS 32.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Windows Scripting Host in Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the GetObject Javascript function and the htmlfile ActiveX object.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.2% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20000926 IE 5.5/Outlook Express security vulnerability - GetObject() expose user's files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000926 IE 5.5/Outlook Express security vulnerability - GetObject() expose user's files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-getobject-expose-files(5293) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS01-015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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