THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-0647
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0647

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
23.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in a legacy ActiveX control used to display specially formatted text in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka "Buffer Overrun in Legacy Text Formatting ActiveX Control".
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2002-09-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 23.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-0647

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0647.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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