CVE-2001-0667 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands by exploiting Internet Explorer's interaction with the Telnet client in Services for Unix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0667?
CVE-2001-0667 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-88
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0667?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0667?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0667 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2001-0667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-42w8-jq8g-mg7m.