CVE-2002-1186

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."

Scoring

CVSS base score
1.33
EPSS probability
33.38%
Published
2004-09-01
Last modified
2026-03-16

Affected products

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