PT-2002-1512 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2002-06-11 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2002-0461

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is achieved through Javascript in a web page that calls location.replace on itself, creating a loop.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6, consider disabling Javascript execution in web pages as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0461

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/4322 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21346 · Exploit
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262994 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8488.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0461 · Security Note