Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2002-0022
Buffer overflow in the implementation of an HTML directive in mshtml.dll in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that specifies embedded ActiveX controls in a way that causes 2 Unicode strings to be concatenated.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.398 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.398 · newest: 0.398 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.5, 6.0
References
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-04.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:925 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8116.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005 (vendor-advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/258614 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4080 (vdb-entry)