# CVE-2002-1824: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Internet Explorer fails to warn users about expired certificates during SSL handshakes, potentially enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jun 2005
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rf6c-qmjq-7g7g

## What is CVE-2002-1824?

CVE-2002-1824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 28 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1824?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1824?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-1824 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2007-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0219/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1186/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0985/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0216/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1824 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 28 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Ie. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1824/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1824/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1824
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1824
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1824

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1824/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.