CVE-2001-0664 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.2% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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."
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 18.19% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-10-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - Zone Spoofing (MS01-055) | 2001-10-10 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100281551611595&w=2
- http://morph3us.org/blog/?p=31
- http://www.osvdb.org/1971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3420
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7258
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100281551611595&w=2
- http://morph3us.org/blog/?p=31
- http://www.osvdb.org/1971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3420
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7258
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