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CVE-2001-0874

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0874 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6.0, allowing remote attackers to read local files. This medium-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 5.0, involves a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability where HTML can transfer data between frames in different domains, leading to information disclosure (C:P). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2182 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/2001/ms01-058
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7702
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml
securityfocus.com / bid/3693
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