CVE-2002-0188 Code injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by sending malformed HTTP headers that trick Internet Explorer into passing files to the OS for execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-0188?
CVE-2002-0188 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields that cause the application for the spoofed file type to pass the file back to the operating system for handling rather than raise an error message, aka the second variant of the "Content Disposition" vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2002-0188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68xv-fqr5-c2qg.