{"id":"CVE-2002-2435","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-2435","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:32.712Z","title":"The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and earlier does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML…","description":"The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and earlier does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.","published":"2011-12-07T19:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:01:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["microsoft/ie","microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.13659,"percentile":0.9646,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71817","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71817","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2435","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}