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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2001-0089 json

Internet Explorer 5.0 through 5.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the client via the INPUT TYPE element in an HTML for…

published 2001-02-16 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0089

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.5%
EPSS 14.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.0 through 5.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the client via the INPUT TYPE element in an HTML form, aka the "File Upload via Form" vulnerability.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20459)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20459 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - 'INPUT TYPE=FILE' Remote File Upload remote, 2000-12-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.