CVE-2002-1217

highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.498 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

49.8% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1021USLLM-inferredCWE-264USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21940Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Unauthorized Document Object Model Accessfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft internet explorer= 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-10-28modified 2026-06-16

references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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