CVE-2001-0720: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by causing a BinHex or MacBinary file type to be downloaded, which causes the files to be executed if automatic decoding is enabled.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.9 only

Published 2001-12-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.