The rendering engine in Internet Explorer determines the MIME type independently of the type that is specified by the server, which allows remote servers to automatically execute script which is placed in a file whose MIME type does not normally support scripting, such as text (.txt), JPEG (.jpg), etc.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200109 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200291 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3116 Exploit Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-10-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2003-03-21T10:00:00

Reserved: 2001-09-07T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2001-0712

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2001-10-30T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2021-07-23T12:18:04.053


Link: CVE-2001-0712

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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