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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-0191 json

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files that contain the "{" character via script con…

published 2002-05-29 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0188

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.0%
EPSS 29.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files that contain the "{" character via script containing the cssText property of the stylesheet object, aka "Local Information Disclosure through HTML Object" vulnerability.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21361)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

28.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21361 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - Cascading Style Sheet File Disclosure (MS02-023) remote, 2002-04-02

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.