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CVE-2002-0025

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly handle the Content-Type HTML header field, which allows remote attackers to modify which application is used to process a document.

Published

2002-03-08T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.01	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.5	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6.0	Yes

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255767 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4085 ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8118 ([email protected])
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255767 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4085 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8118 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)