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CVE-2001-0712
The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is specified by the server, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 6.0%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is specified by the server, which allows remote servers to automatically execute script which is placed in a file whose MIME type does not normally support scripting, such as text (.txt), JPEG (.jpg), etc.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.0% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20010729 Re: TXT or HTML? -- IE NEW BUG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010727 TXT or HTML? -- IE NEW BUG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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