CVE-2001-0149 (GCVE-0-2001-0149)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-05-07 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:06
VLAI
Summary
Windows Scripting Host in Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the GetObject Javascript function and the htmlfile ActiveX object.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2001-03-06 00:00
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