CVE-2002-0980
N/A
Published: August 23, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Explorer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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