CVE-2002-2125

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 does not warn users when an expired certificate authority (CA) certificate is submitted to the user and a newer CA certificate is in the user's local repository, which could allow remote attackers to decrypt web sessions via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0.2600, 6.0.2800.1106

References

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

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