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Unscored CVE-2002-1186 EUVD-2002-1170GHSA-m222-2mhj-3987

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly perform security checks on certain encoded characters within a URL, which allows a rem…

Published Sep 1, 2004 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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."

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