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.
Published: 2001-10-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 9.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0698 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.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.059Z

Reserved: 2001-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0712

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-10-30T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0712

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