What is CVE-2002-0500?

CVE-2002-0500 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2002-08-12.

Is CVE-2002-0500 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2002-0500

Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the client via an IMG tag with a dynsrc property that references the target file, which sets certain elements of the image object such as file size.

EPSS: 0.153 (96.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-0500?: CVE-2002-0500 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2002-08-12.
Is CVE-2002-0500 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.