Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2002-1688
The browser history feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and steal authentication information via cookies by injecting JavaScript into the URL, which is executed when the user hits the Back button.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.175 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.175 · newest: 0.175 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.5, 6.0
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4505 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8844 (vdb-entry)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267561 (mailing-list)