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CVE-2002-1262

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete security checks on external caching, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103825484331857&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103910416824172&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103824668621672&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103909877717345&w=2
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-068
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103825484331857&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103910416824172&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103824668621672&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103909877717345&w=2
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-068

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