CVE-2002-0188 is a critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 and 6.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) arises from malformed Content-Disposition and Content-Type headers, which trick the browser into mishandling files and passing them to the operating system for execution. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion is currently observed, the potential for remote code execution makes this a serious concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.