PT-2002-2170 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2002-12-11 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2002-1186

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6.0

Description: The issue allows a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information from a user by redirecting the user to another site that has that information. This is due to improper security checks on certain encoded characters within a URL.

Recommendations: For Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6.0, update to a version that properly performs security checks on encoded characters within a URL to prevent information disclosure.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1186

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1186 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5610 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7845 · Note