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CVE-2002-0052

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier does not properly handle VBScript in certain domain security checks, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.01, 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2 (+1)

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1003630
• http://www.osvdb.org/763
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4158
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-009
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1003630
• http://www.osvdb.org/763
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4158
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-009

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