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CVSSv2

CVE-2002-0023

Published: 08/03/2002 Updated: 23/07/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 505
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote malicious users to read arbitrary files via malformed requests to the GetObject function, which bypass some of GetObject's security checks.

Vulnerability Trend

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microsoft internet explorer 5.5

microsoft internet explorer 6.0

microsoft internet explorer 5.01

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/3767/info A flaw exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may allow a remote attacker to view known files on a target system when a user views web content containing a specially crafted script The problem occurs when the 'GetObject()' JScript function is used with the ActiveX object 'htmlfile' If a URL ...