CVE-2002-0980 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 26.7% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 26.68% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-09-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Outlook Express 5/6 - MHTML URL Handler File Rendering | 2002-08-15 |
References
- 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
- 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
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