CVE-2001-0807 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can read local text files from a client's hard drive via malicious web pages using SCRIPT tags in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0807?
CVE-2001-0807 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 22 Nov 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Internet Explorer 5.0, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers (malicious web pages) to read known text files from a client's hard drive via a SCRIPT tag with a SRC value that points to the text file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0807?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0807?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0807 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2001-0807 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0807 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- 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-vxvf-m47h-xpm3.