Internet Explorer 5.x and 6 interprets an object as an HTML document even when its MIME Content-Type is text/plain, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in documents that the user does not expect, possibly through web applications that use a text/plain type to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:29.016Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0269

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-05-29T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:38:41.830

Link: CVE-2002-0269

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