CVE-2002-1291

Java Virtual Machine vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

18.4%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files and network shares via an applet tag with a codebase set to a "file://%00" (null character) URL.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Java Virtual Machine

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2002-11-29

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 18.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1291.
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