CVE-2002-0976

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 4.0 and later allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a web page that accesses a legacy XML Datasource applet (com.ms.xml.dso.XMLDSO.class) and modifies the base URL to point to the local system, which is trusted by the applet.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.1-sp2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1 (+5)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102960731805373&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9885.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5490
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102960731805373&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9885.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5490

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