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CVE-2001-0667

HIGH CVSS: 7.3 Published: 2001-10-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-88, CWE-88

References