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CVE-2002-0023 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0023
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-03-08
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionInternet 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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