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    CVE-2002-1186

    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."

    Published:Dec 11, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 1, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.33375
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Ie
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer

    Exploits

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.htmlhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php
    http://www.osvdb.org/7845
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php
    http://www.osvdb.org/7845
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High