CVE-2002-0153 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh, allowing remote attackers to bypass security checks and execute local AppleScripts through a specially crafted HTML element. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-21238), and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:3.0:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:3.1:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:a_mac_os:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0.1:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.