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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-1217 in the critical feed json

Cross-Frame scripting vulnerability in the WebBrowser control as used in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute a…

published 2002-10-21 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1201

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
49.8%
EPSS 49.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-Frame scripting vulnerability in the WebBrowser control as used in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, read arbitrary files, or conduct other unauthorized activities via script that accesses the Document property, which bypasses <frame> and <iframe> domain restrictions.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21940)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

49.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21940 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Unauthorized Document Object Model Access remote, 2002-10-15
  • security.greymagic.com http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm011-ie/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.