CVE-2001-0875: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 28.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause the File Download dialogue box to misrepresent the name of the file in the dialogue in a way that could fool users into thinking that the file type is safe to download.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2001-11-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.