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.

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 1.8

Priority: P4 - Informational (Low)

• S9 – Sabotage of System/App

EPSS

Score: 0.40449
Percentile: 0.97206

CVSS Scoring

Affected Products

• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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