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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0091

CVE-2001-0091

Description

The ActiveX control for invoking a scriptlet in Internet Explorer 5.0 through 5.5 renders arbitrary file types instead of HTML, which allows an attacker to read arbitrary files, aka a variant of the "Scriptlet Rendering" vulnerability.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0-5.5

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