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CVE-2002-0647

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0647 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in a legacy ActiveX control within Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and there is significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.01CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
23.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21748 · Aug 22, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2334 is in the 96th 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/ms02-047
iss.net / security_center/static/9935.php
securityfocus.com / bid/5558