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CVE-2002-1186 Details

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html	CVE	Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7845	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html	[email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7845	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft ie	6.0 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft internet explorer	5.0.1 5.0.1 sp1 5.0.1 sp2 5.5 5.5 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 22, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 22, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 22, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]