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CVE-2002-0078

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 21.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The zone determination function in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to run scripts in the Local Computer zone by embedding the script in a cookie, aka the "Cookie-based Script Execution" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2, 6.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101781180528301&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8701.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/3029
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4392
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-015
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A96
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101781180528301&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8701.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/3029
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4392
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-015
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A96

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