CVE-2001-0667

HIGH

Internet Explorer < 6.0 - Remote Code Execution via Telnet Log File Option

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute commands by spawning Telnet with a log file option on the command line and writing arbitrary code into an executable file which is later executed, aka a new variant of the Telnet Invocation vulnerability as described in CVE-2001-0150.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260
Broken Link third-party-advisory government-resource x_refsource_ciac
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtml

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.1468
EPSS Percentile 96.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer < 6.0
Published Oct 30, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026