CVE-2001-0089

Exp

Internet Explorer 5.0 through 5.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the client via the INPUT TYPE element in an HTML form, aka the "File Upload via Form" vulnerability.

Published: 2001-02-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0089 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 40.38%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0089

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20459 exploit_db edb 2000-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0089

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-30 38.30% 40.38% +2.09%
2 2025-08-18 40.52% 38.30% -2.22%
3 2025-03-30 — 40.52% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0089

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0089

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0089

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer <= 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0089

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