CVE-2002-0024

File Download box in Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 allows an attacker to use the Content-Disposition and Content-Type HTML header fields to modify how the name of the file is displayed, which could trick a user into believing that a file is safe to download.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2002-03-08

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4087
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-005