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CVE-2002-0023

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 39.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via malformed requests to the GetObject function, which bypass some of GetObject's security checks.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0000.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/3030
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3767
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7758
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A40
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A50
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A77
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0000.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/3030
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3767

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