THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-0980
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0980

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
26.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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.
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 26.7% 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-2002-0980

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0980.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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