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CVE-2002-1824

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when handling an expired CA-CERT in a webserver's certificate chain during a SSL/TLS handshake, does not prompt the user before searching for and finding a newer certificate, which may allow attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. NOTE: it is not clear whether this poses a vulnerability.

Published: Dec 31, 2002 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (2)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-rf6c-qmjq-7g7g

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when handling an expired CA-CERT in a webserver's certificate...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 5.0 / 10
EPSS Score 2.58%

Top 16% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 20.8 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub