PT-2002-1339 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2002-05-03 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2002-0269

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 5.x through 6.x

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in documents that the user does not expect, possibly through web applications that use a text/plain type to prevent cross-site scripting attacks. This occurs because Internet Explorer interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 5.x through 6.x, consider disabling the execution of scripts in documents with a text/plain MIME Content-Type as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to web applications that use the text/plain type to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0269

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0269 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101363764421623&w=2 · Note