CVE-2001-0724

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2001-11-14

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/5556
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-055
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8471