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CVE-2002-0153

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh allows remote attackers to bypass security checks and invoke local AppleScripts within a specific HTML element, aka the "Local Applescript Invocation" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.0-a_mac_os, 4.0.1, 4.5 (+2)

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8851.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5356
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251805
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3935
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-019
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7969
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8851.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5356
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251805
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3935
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-019
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7969

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