CVE-2002-2125 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 where it fails to warn users when an expired Certificate Authority (CA) certificate is presented, even if a valid, newer one exists locally. This oversight could enable remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, allowing them to decrypt web sessions. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. The FAUCET Risk Score is 81/100, indicating a significant risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered notable community attention with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub, suggesting ongoing interest or discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2600CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2600:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2800.1106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800.1106:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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.