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 first variant of the "Content Disposition" vulnerability.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1/6.0 - Content-Disposition Handling File Execution EDB-21452 · remote · May 15, 2002 · verified
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References
- MS02-023 vendor-advisory
- 4752 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:99 vdb-entry signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27 vdb-entry signature
- ie-content-disposition-variant(9085) vdb-entry