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CVE-2002-1186
Published: Sep 1, 2004
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
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."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
MS02-066
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS
5610
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20020903 MSIEv6 % encoding causes a problem again
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
ie-sameoriginpolicy-bypass(10039)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
7845
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:495
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
20020904 Re: MSIEv6 % encoding causes a problem again
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:471
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:143
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
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