CVE-2001-0664

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 18.2% KEV · Not listed

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."

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 18.2% (18.189% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM
Reserved: Aug 15, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 30, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

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