CVE-2002-0980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Web Folder component for Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 writes an error message to a known location in the temporary folder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting it into the error message, then referring to the error message file via a mhtml: URL.

Published: 2002-08-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 40.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.40449.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-08-23T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:12:15.963Z

Reserved: 2002-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0980

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-09-24T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0980

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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