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CVE-2002-2435

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2435 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and earlier, stemming from improper handling of the :visited CSS pseudo-class. This flaw allows remote attackers to determine a user's browsing history through a specially crafted HTML document. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), exploitation requires user interaction (medium complexity) but could lead to sensitive information disclosure (privacy concerns). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.6000.16711CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0.6000.16711:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.7600.16385CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0.7600.16385:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1366 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/71817
w2spconf.com / 2010/papers/p26.pdf
Exploit