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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0980

CVE-2002-0980

Description

The Web Folder component for Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 writes an error message to a known location in the temporary folder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting it into the error message, then referring to the error message file via a mhtml: URL.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.5, 6.0

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