CVE-2002-0980

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.

Scoring

CVSS base score
1.62
EPSS probability
40.45%
Published
2002-08-23
Last modified
2026-03-16

Affected products

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