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CVE-2001-0150 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier executes Telnet sessions u)

Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier executes Telnet sessions using command line arguments that are specified by the web site, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the IE client is using the Telnet client provided in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, which creates session transcripts.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0150
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.1
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWECWE-88
StatusModified
Published2001-06-02
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionInternet Explorer 5.5 and earlier executes Telnet sessions using command line arguments that are specified by the web site, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the IE client is using the Telnet client provided in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0, which creates session transcripts.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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