Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0980 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Microsoft Outlook Express 5/6 MHTML URL Handler File Rendering Vulnerability. CVE-2002-0980. Remote exploit for windows platform |
| id | EDB-ID:21711 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2002-08-15 |
| published | 2002-08-15 |
| reporter | http-equiv |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/21711/ |
| title | Microsoft Outlook Express 5/6 MHTML URL Handler File Rendering Vulnerability |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014