CVE-2002-1186

N/A Unknown
Published: December 11, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7845
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7845
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
33.4%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft