CVE-2002-1824

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when handling an expired CA-CERT in a webserver's certificate chain during a SSL/TLS handshake, does not prompt the user before searching for and finding a newer certificate, which may allow attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. NOTE: it is not clear whether this poses a vulnerability.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/292842
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10180.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5778
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/292842
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10180.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5778

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