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CVE-2001-0089

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0089 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.0 through 5.5, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files from a client's system. This "File Upload via Form" vulnerability leverages the INPUT TYPE element in an HTML form to achieve unauthorized file access. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-20459) exists, suggesting proof-of-concept code is available. Despite its age, it has a surprisingly high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, though it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20459 · Dec 1, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1447 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-093
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5615