HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0866

Virtual Machine vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
41.4%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) classes in Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) up to and including 5.0.3805 allow remote attackers to load and execute DLLs (dynamic link libraries) via a Java applet that calls the constructor for com.ms.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc with the desired DLL terminated by a null string, aka "DLL Execution via JDBC Classes."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Virtual Machine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2002-10-11

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, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 41.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-0866

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Virtual Machine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0866.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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