THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-1294
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1294

Java Virtual Machine vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
14.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, can provide HTML object references to applets via Javascript, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash due to illegal memory accesses) and possibly conduct other unauthorized activities via an applet that uses those references to access proprietary Microsoft methods.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Java Virtual Machine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1294

  • 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-2002-1294.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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