CVE-2001-0724
Internet Explorer 5.5 - Zone Spoofing via Dotless IP Address
Title source: llmDescription
Internet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed URLs that contain dotless IP addresses, which causes Internet Explorer to process the page in the Intranet Zone, which may have fewer security restrictions, aka the "Zone Spoofing Vulnerability variant" of CVE-2001-0664.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8471
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/5556
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-055
Scores
EPSS
0.1232
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.5
Published
Nov 14, 2001
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026