FKIE_CVE-2002-0980

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-09-24 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:58
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0
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