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CVE-2002-0153

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21238 · Jan 22, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1775 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-019
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7969
iss.net / security_center/static/8851.php
osvdb.org / 5356
securityfocus.com / archive/1/251805
securityfocus.com / bid/3935