CVE-2002-2062 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6.0, specifically when running on Windows 2000 with certain FTP folder view settings enabled. An attacker could inject arbitrary web script or HTML into a user's browser by manipulating the hostname portion of an FTP URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise, with no confidentiality or availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, though it lacks recent media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.