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CVE-2001-0154
HTML e-mail feature in Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows attackers to execute attachments by setting an unusual MIME type for the…
High7.5EPSS 11.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.2% · top 4.0% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- CA-2001-06 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS01-020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 2524 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1001197 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ie-mime-execute-code(6306) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- L-066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20010330 Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause IE to Execute E-mail Attachment (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 7806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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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