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CVE-2002-1188

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-09-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to identify the path to the Temporary Internet Files folder and obtain user information such as cookies via certain uses of the OBJECT tag, which are not subjected to the proper security checks, aka "Temporary Internet Files folders Name Reading."

Affected products

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

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103184415307193&w=2
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-018.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10665.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6217
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A444
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A690
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103184415307193&w=2
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-018.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10665.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6217
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066

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