Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

CVE-2001-1497 [LOW] CVE-2001-1497: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 through 6.0 could allow local users to differentiate between alphanu Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 through 6.0 could allow local users to differentiate between alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters used in a password by pressing certain control keys that jump between non-alphanumeric characters, which makes it easier to conduct a brute-force password guessing attack.

CVE-2001-1219 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-1219: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows malicious website operators to cause a denial of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier allows malicious website operators to cause a denial of service (client crash) via JavaScript that continually refreshes the window via self.location.

CVE-2001-0727 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0727: Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the Content-Dis Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields in a way that causes Internet Explorer to believe that the file is safe to open without prompting the user, aka the "File Execution Vulnerability."

CVE-2001-0874 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0874: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to read certain files via HTML that passes info Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to read certain files via HTML that passes information from a frame in the client's domain to a frame in the web site's domain, a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

CVE-2001-0722 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0722: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript in an about: URL, aka the "First Cookie Handling Vulnerability."

CVE-2001-0807 [LOW] CVE-2001-0807: Internet Explorer 5.0, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers (malicious web pages) 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.

CVE-2001-0875 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0875: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause the File Download dialogue box to mis Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause the File Download dialogue box to misrepresent the name of the file in the dialogue in a way that could fool users into thinking that the file type is safe to download.

CVE-2001-0919 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0919: Internet Explorer 5.50.4134.0100 on Windows ME with "Prompt to allow cookies to be stored on your ma Internet Explorer 5.50.4134.0100 on Windows ME with "Prompt to allow cookies to be stored on your machine" enabled does not warn a user when a cookie is set using Javascript.

CVE-2001-0904 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0904: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 with the Q312461 (MS01-055) patch modifies the HTTP_USER_AGENT (UserAgen Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 with the Q312461 (MS01-055) patch modifies the HTTP_USER_AGENT (UserAgent) information that indicates that the patch has been installed, which could allow remote malicious web sites to more easily identify and exploit vulnerable clients.

CVE-2001-0724 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0724: Internet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed URLs tha 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.

CVE-2001-0723 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0723: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript, aka the "Second Cookie Handling Vulnerability."

CVE-2001-0667 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0667: Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, al 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-2001-0

CVE-2001-0664 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0664: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 5.01 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed Internet Explorer 5.5 and 5.01 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."

CVE-2001-0712 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0712: The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is 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.

CVE-2001-0643 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0643: Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, which could allow attackers to trick the user into executing dangerous programs by making it appear that the document is of a safe file type.

CVE-2001-0002 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0002: Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached content and open the content in the Local Computer Zone, then use compiled HTML help (.chm) files to execute arbitrary programs.

CVE-2001-0339 [HIGH] CVE-2001-0339: Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to display a URL in the address bar that i Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to display a URL in the address bar that is different than the URL that is actually being displayed, which could be used in web site spoofing attacks, aka the "Web page spoofing vulnerability."

CVE-2001-0246 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0246: Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser wi Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote web site operators to read certain files on the client by sending information from a local frame to a frame in a different domain, aka a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

CVE-2001-0332 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0332: Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser wi Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote web site operators to read certain files on the client by sending information from a local frame to a frame in a different domain using MSScriptControl.ScriptControl and GetObject, aka a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulne

CVE-2001-0338 [MEDIUM] CVE-2001-0338: Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly validate digital certificates when Certificate R Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly validate digital certificates when Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checking is enabled, which could allow remote attackers to spoof trusted web sites, aka the "Server certificate validation vulnerability."