CVE-2002-0188

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0188
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-05-29 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields that cause the application for the spoofed file type to pass the file back to the operating system for handling rather than raise an error message, aka the second variant of the "Content Disposition" vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - [SNS Advisory No.48] Microsoft Internet Explorer Still Download And Execute ANY Program Automatically - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
ISS X-Force Database: ie-content-disposition-variant2 (9086): Internet Explorer "Content Disposition" variant #2 could allow automatic file download and execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
SecureNet Service: SNS Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.lac.co.jp
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-023 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
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