Description
Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly perform security checks on certain encoded characters within a URL, which allows a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information from a user by redirecting the user to another site that has that information, aka "Encoded Characters Information Disclosure."
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/7845
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143
Scores
EPSS
0.1912
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Details
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie
6.0 sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.0.1 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.5 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6.0
Published
Dec 11, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026