CVE-2002-2125

Internet Explorer 6.0 does not warn users when an expired certificate authority (CA) certificate is submitted to the user and a newer CA certificate is in the user's local repository, which could allow remote attackers to decrypt web sessions via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/292842
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10180.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5778

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2600:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800.1106:::::::*

Information

Published : 2002-12-30 21:00

Updated : 2021-07-23 08:02

NVD link : CVE-2002-2125

Mitre link : CVE-2002-2125

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer
ie

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