CVE-2002-1262 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete security checks on external caching, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Published: 2002-12-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 12.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11986.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103825484331857&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103910416824172&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103824668621672&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103909877717345&w=2
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-068

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-12-11T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.658Z

Reserved: 2002-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1262

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-18T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:59:01.333

Link: CVE-2002-1262

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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