TI-2001-00642 Aliases CVE-2001-0667 GHSA-42w8-jq8g-mg7m

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix…

MEDIUM 48CWE-88Published 2002-03-09 · Updated 2025-01-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-88.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.1468 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer::::::::	up to 6.0	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0667
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-42w8-jq8g-mg7m

References

Patch 1

MS01-051

Advisory 2

TI-2015-00277 Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2015-00275 Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-01386 Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-01340 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-00335 Command injection in Microsoft Office KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2017-00204 Out-of-bounds write in Microsoft Internet Explorer KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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