MEDIUM
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."
Published Sep 1, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 19.12%
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."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
19.12% 0.19121
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.19121
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 19.12% (0.19121) | 97.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.12% (0.19121) | 96.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 31.92% (0.31924) | 96.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 33.38% (0.33375) | 96.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 36.51% (0.36509) | 96.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 38.74% (0.38744) | 95.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 36.51% (0.36509) | 96.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 54.23% (0.54232) | 97.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 66.28% (0.66282) | 98.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2024 | 75.35% (0.75349) | 98.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 76.13% (0.76127) | 97.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.97% (0.95965) | 99.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 94.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/7845 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0018.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0030.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10039.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/7845 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5610 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A143 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A471 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A495 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 1, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 4, 2002
Link CVE-2002-1186
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a