CVE-2002-0696
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 does not register its associated files with Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to execute Visual FoxPro applications without warning via HTML that references specially-crafted filenames.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 does not register its associated files with Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to execute Visual FoxPro applications without warning via HTML that references specially-crafted filenames.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.70% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/visual foxpro
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-120.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10035.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5633Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-049
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-120.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10035.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5633Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-049
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.