Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2002-0025
Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly handle the Content-Type HTML header field, which allows remote attackers to modify which application is used to process a document.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.142 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.142 · newest: 0.142 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.01, 5.5, 6.0
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4085 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8118 (vdb-entry)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255767 (mailing-list)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005 (vendor-advisory)