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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-0023 json

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via malformed requests to the GetObject function, which…

published 2002-03-08 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0023

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
39.0%
EPSS 39.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21195)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

38.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21195 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - GetObject File Disclosure remote, 2002-01-01
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3767 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.