CVE-2001-0712
First published: Fri Oct 12 2001(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | =5.0 | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | =5.0.1 | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | =5.5 |
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