CVE-2002-0500 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can determine the existence of local files on a client by exploiting Internet Explorer's dynsrc property in IMG tags.
- 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-2002-0500?
CVE-2002-0500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 11 Jun 2002. 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
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0500?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0500?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-0500 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0500 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- 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-5v65-cw5f-3jfp.