CVE-2002-1186

Medium

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly perform security checks on certain encoded characters within a URL, which allows a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information from a user by redirecting the user to another site that has that information, aka "Encoded Characters Information Disclosure."

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.0

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Internet Explorer

PublishedDec 11, 2002

First seenDec 11, 2002

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft internet_explorer	5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0	—
microsoft ie	6.0	—

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