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CVE-2002-0024

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0024 describes a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0. Attackers could manipulate the Content-Disposition and Content-Type HTML headers to alter the displayed filename in the download prompt, potentially tricking users into downloading malicious files. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0433 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005
securityfocus.com / bid/4087
PatchVendor Advisory