01 Record
CVE-2002-0371
Buffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a gopher:// URL that
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a gopher:// URL that
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 54.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-06-15 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-05-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 92682a7f536a5eb3e22d4f5dff2eb1bd86926a1947cb0e3deca397eb7920c11d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com4930http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4930
- www.iss.netie-gopher-bo(9247)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9247.php
- marc.info20020604 Buffer overflow in MSIE gopher codehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102320516707940&w=2
- marc.info20020613 Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102397955217618&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:98https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A98
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#440275http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/440275
- docs.microsoft.comMS02-027https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-027
- online.securityfocus.com20020613 Flawed workaround in MS02-027 -- gopher can run on _any_ port, not just 70http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276848
- www.pivx.comhttp://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html