01 Record
CVE-2001-0643
Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, which could allow attackers to trick the user into executing dangerous programs by making it appear
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Internet Explorer 5.5 does not display the Class ID (CLSID) when it is at the end of the file name, which could allow attackers to trick the user into executing dangerous programs by making it appear
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- face2ecbce5ccddfb668ed74959beb666e4a83606235e8468528fc8f6db002a8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-clsid-execute-files(6426)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6426
- www.guninski.comhttp://www.guninski.com/clsidext.html
- vil.nai.comhttp://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99048
- www.sarc.comhttp://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.postcard%40mm.html
- www.securityfocus.com2612http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2612
- www.securityfocus.com20010416 Double clicking on innocent looking files may be dangeroushttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/176909
- www.osvdb.org7858http://www.osvdb.org/7858