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CVE-2001-0724 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Internet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass secu)

Internet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed URLs that contain dotless IP addresses, which causes Internet Explorer to process the page in the Intranet Zone, which may have fewer security restrictions, aka the "Zone Spoofing Vulnerability variant" of CVE-2001-0664.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0724
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-11-14
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionInternet Explorer 5.5 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions via malformed URLs that contain dotless IP addresses, which causes Internet Explorer to process the page in the Intranet Zone, which may have fewer security restrictions, aka the "Zone Spoofing Vulnerability variant" of CVE-2001-0664.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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