CVE-2001-0712

Internet Explorer - Remote Code Execution via MIME Type Mismatch

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200291
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200109
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3116

Scores

EPSS 0.0596
EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0.1
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5
Published Oct 30, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026