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CVE-2002-0691

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 5.5 allows remote attackers to execute scripts in the Local Computer zone via a URL that references a local HTML resource file, a variant of "Cross-Site Scripting in Local HTML Resource" as identified by CAN-2002-0189.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.01-sp1, 5.01-sp2, 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9938.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5561
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-047
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9938.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5561
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-047

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