CVE-2001-0667
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 14.68% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-88
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtmlBroken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtmlBroken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.