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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0188

CVE-2002-0188

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.

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Affected products

5
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.01, 6.0

Patches

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