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CVE-2002-2031

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.5 with JavaScript execution enabled allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a script tag with a src parameter that references a non-JavaScript file, then using the onError event handler to monitor the results.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.5, 5.5-sp2 (+1)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0019.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7784.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3779
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0019.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7784.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3779

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