CVE-2002-0269

Internet Explorer 5.x and 6 interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to…

published May 3, 2002

CVSS
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EPSS
11%
Percentile
96.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Internet Explorer 5.x and 6 interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in documents that the user does not expect, possibly through web applications that use a text/plain type to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.11472 · 96.0th percentile
Published
2002-05-03T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 MAY 04:00Z
    Internet Explorer 5.x and 6 interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to…
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