VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-1188

CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability12.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to identify the path to the Temporary Internet Files folder and obtain user information such as cookies via certain uses of the OBJECT tag, which are not subjected to the proper security checks, aka "Temporary Internet Files folders Name Reading."

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