CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-1688

Published: Dec 31, 2002 | Modified: Jul 23, 2021
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The browser history feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and steal authentication information via cookies by injecting JavaScript into the URL, which is executed when the user hits the Back button.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.5 (including) 5.5 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.5-sp1 (including) 5.5-sp1 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 5.5-sp2 (including) 5.5-sp2 (including)
Internet_explorer Microsoft 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)

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