MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0058

Virtual Machine vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows remote malicious web sites to hijack or sniff a web client's sessions, when an HTTP proxy is being used, via a Java applet that redirects the session to another server, as seen in (1) Netscape 6.0 through 6.1 and 4.79 and earlier, (2) Microsoft VM build 3802 and earlier as used in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x, and possibly other implementations that use vulnerable versions of SDK or JDK.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Virtual Machine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2002-03-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-0058

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Virtual Machine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0058.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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