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CVE-2002-0980

high · 7.5

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.

7.5
CVSS
26.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2002-09-24
Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_explorer5.5
microsoftinternet_explorer5.5
microsoftinternet_explorer5.5
microsoftinternet_explorer6.0

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References

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