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CVE-2002-1564

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to steal potentially sensitive information from cookies via a cookie that contains script which is executed when a page is loaded, aka the "Script within Cookies Reading Cookies" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-023

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