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CVE-2002-0980

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2002-09-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References