CVE-2002-0648

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
59.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: September 24, 2002 (8633 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The legacy <script> data-island capability for XML in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files, and portions of other files, via a URL whose "src" attribute redirects to a local file.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org