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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-1824

CVE-2002-1824

Description

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.

Affected products

3
  • Microsoft/Ie
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =6.0

Patches

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