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CVE-2002-1217
Cross-Frame scripting vulnerability in the WebBrowser control as used in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute…
High7.5EPSS 49.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Cross-Frame scripting vulnerability in the WebBrowser control as used in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, read arbitrary files, or conduct other unauthorized activities via script that accesses the Document property, which bypasses <frame> and <iframe> domain restrictions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 49.8% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS02-066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20021015 Internet Explorer : The D-Day (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021015 Internet Explorer : The D-Day (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-iframe-document-script-execution(10371) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5963 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm011-ie/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20021015 Internet Explorer : The D-Day (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- N-018 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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