CVE-2002-0980

critical

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.

References

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php

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

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-09-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.26675