CVE-2002-1262: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete security checks on external caching, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

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

Published 2002-12-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.