CVE-2002-0500

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the client via an IMG tag with a dynsrc property that references the target file, which sets certain elements of the image object such as file size.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.5, 5.5-sp1 (+2)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0331.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8658.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4371
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0331.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8658.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4371

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