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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2001-0875 in the critical feed json

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 d…

published 2001-11-26 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0858

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
28.1%
EPSS 28.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21164)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

28.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21164 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 - Spoofable File Extensions remote, 2001-11-26
  • EDB-641 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 - File Download Security Warning Bypass remote, 2004-11-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3597 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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