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CVE-2002-0980
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…
High7.5EPSS 26.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 26.7% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- MS03-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20020815 SILLY BEHAVIOR : Internet Explorer 5.5 - 6.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- 20020815 SILLY BEHAVIOR : Internet Explorer 5.5 - 6.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-webfolder-script-injection(9881) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020815 SILLY BEHAVIOR : Internet Explorer 5.5 - 6.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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