CVE-2002-0723: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote attackers to read client files or invoke executable objects via the Object tag, aka "Cross Domain Verification in Object Tag."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2002-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.