CVE-2002-0980

Internet Explorer <6.0 - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by http-equiv · htmlremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21711

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (6)

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.4045

EPSS Percentile 97.4%

Details

Status published

Products (2)

microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5 (3 CPE variants)

microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0

Published Sep 24, 2002

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026