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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-2031 json

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.5 with JavaScript execution enabled allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary file…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-2010

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.5%
EPSS 20.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.5 with JavaScript execution enabled allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a script tag with a src parameter that references a non-JavaScript file, then using the onError event handler to monitor the results.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21199)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

20.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21199 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - JavaScript Local File Enumeration (2) remote, 2002-01-03
  • EDB-21198 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - JavaScript Local File Enumeration (1) remote, 2002-01-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3779 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0019.html 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

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