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CVE-2002-1262 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete secu)

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete security checks on external caching, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

CVE IDCVE-2002-1262
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-12-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionInternet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete security checks on external caching, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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