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CVE-2001-0667 (GCVE-0-2001-0667)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2025-01-16 16:14
VLAI
Summary
Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute commands by spawning Telnet with a log file option on the command line and writing arbitrary code into an executable file which is later executed, aka a new variant of the Telnet Invocation vulnerability as described in CVE-2001-0150.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-16 16:14 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
References
URL Tags
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-024.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
Date Public
2001-10-10 00:00
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  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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Related by attack behaviour

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