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CVE-2002-0025

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly handle the Content-Type HTML header field, which allows remote attackers to modify which application is used to process a document.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255767
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4085
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8118
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255767
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4085
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8118

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