CVE-2002-0188

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields that cause the application for the spoofed file type to pass the file back to the operating system for handling rather than raise an error message, aka the second variant of the "Content Disposition" vulnerability.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.01-sp1, 5.01-sp2, 6.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0126.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9086.php
http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/48_e.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0126.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9086.php
http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/48_e.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023

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