VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2002-1186
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability19.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-11
Last modified2026-06-16
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."