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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.153 (96.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.153 · newest: 0.153 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8658.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4371 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0331.html (mailing-list)
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.