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CVE-2002-1186

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-12-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Microsoft IeMicrosoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References