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CVE-2002-1254

58
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1254 describes a critical cross-domain security bypass vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to access local system information or data from other domains, and potentially execute arbitrary code, by manipulating cached methods and objects. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV list or showing active exploitation, exploit code for this issue is publicly available, and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100 indicates significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
53.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21959 · Oct 22, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5351 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-066
security.greymagic.com / adv/gm012-ie
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10432
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A388
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A408
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-018.shtml
iss.net / security_center/static/10435.php
iss.net / security_center/static/10436.php
iss.net / security_center/static/10437.php
iss.net / security_center/static/10438.php
iss.net / security_center/static/10439.php
securityfocus.com / bid/6028
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory