Is CVE-2002-0980 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2002-0980 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2002-0980?

CVE-2002-0980 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2002-0980?

CVE-2002-0980 has an EPSS score of 26.67% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2002-0980

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The Web Folder component for Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 writes an error message to a known location in the temporary folder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting it into the error message, then referring to the error message file via a mhtml: URL.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

26.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102942234427691&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102937705527922&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102943486811091&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9881.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5473
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-014

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.