CVE-2001-0667

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-2001-0150.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtml	Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtml	Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952611	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-051	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7260	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Jan 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~7.5~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.5 v3 : 7.3

Information

Published : 2001-10-30 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2001-0667

Mitre link : CVE-2001-0667

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2001-0667

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer

CWE

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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