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CVE-2002-0024

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

File Download box in Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows an attacker to use the Content-Disposition and Content-Type HTML header fields to modify how the name of the file is displayed, which could trick a user into believing that a file is safe to download.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4087
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4087
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005

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