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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-1254 in the critical feed json

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-domain security model and access information on the local system…

published 2002-11-27 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1238

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
53.5%
EPSS 53.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-domain security model and access information on the local system or in other domains, and possibly execute code, via cached methods and objects, aka "Cross Domain Verification via Cached Methods."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21959)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

53.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21959 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Cached Objects Zone Bypass remote, 2002-10-22
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6028 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.