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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 stea…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftIe
Version 6.0
MicrosoftInternet Explorer
Versions 5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0

References