CVE-2002-2125

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

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.

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 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Internet Explorer

First reported 22 years ago

2002-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:32:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2600

6.0.2600

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106

6.0.2800.1106

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