Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2002-1188
Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to identify the path to the Temporary Internet Files folder and obtain user information such as cookies via certain uses of the OBJECT tag, which are not subjected to the proper security checks, aka "Temporary Internet Files folders Name Reading."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.123 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.123 · newest: 0.123 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-018.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6217 (vdb-entry)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10665.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:690 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:444 (signature, vdb-entry)