CVE-2002-0722

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
5.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 10% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: September 24, 2002 (8633 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to misrepresent the source of a file in the File Download dialogue box to trick users into thinking that the file type is safe to download, aka "File Origin Spoofing."

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.osvdb.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com