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CVE-2002-0723

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote attackers to read client files or invoke executable objects via the Object tag, aka "Cross Domain Verification in Object Tag."

Affected products

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

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9537.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5196
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-047
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9537.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5196
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-047

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