Is CVE-2001-0727 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2001-0727 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2001-0727?

CVE-2001-0727 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2001-0727?

CVE-2001-0727 has an EPSS score of 31.01% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2001-0727

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields in a way that causes Internet Explorer to believe that the file is safe to open without prompting the user, aka the "File Execution Vulnerability."

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

31.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100835204509262&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100861273114437&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-36.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-027.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443699
http://www.osvdb.org/3033
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3578
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7703
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A921

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.