CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2002-0057
MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl5.0
CVSS v2
Description
XMLHTTP control in Microsoft XML Core Services 2.6 and later does not properly handle IE Security Zone settings, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying a local file as an XML Data Source.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
19.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
97thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0152.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101366383408821&w=2
- http://www.osvdb.org/3032
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3699
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-008
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7712
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