# CVE-2002-0188: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed Content-Disposition and Content-Type

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed Content-Disposition and Content-Type header fields that cause the application for the spoofed file type to pass the file back to the operating system for handling rather than raise an error message, aka the second variant of the "Content Disposition" vulnerability.

## What to do

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## References

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0126.html
- http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/48_e.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9086.php

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