CVE-2002-0722: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 13.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to misrepresent the source of a file in the File Download dialogue box to trick users into thinking that the file type is safe to download, aka "File Origin Spoofing."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.01 only; version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2002-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.