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CVE-2002-0980in critical feed1 exploit

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 allow…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
26.7%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

26.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21711 Microsoft Outlook Express 5/6 - MHTML URL Handler File Rendering · remote · 2002-08-15

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_VULN-DEV, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9881.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/5473 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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