Description
File Download box in Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows an attacker to use the Content-Disposition and Content-Type HTML header fields to modify how the name of the file is displayed, which could trick a user into believing that a file is safe to download.
Published: 2003-04-02
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 4.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0024 File Download box in Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows an attacker to use the Content-Disposition and Content-Type HTML header fields to modify how the name of the file is displayed, which could trick a user into believing that a file is safe to download.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:35:17.386Z

Reserved: 2002-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0024

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-03-08T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0024

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