THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-1295
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1295

Java Virtual Machine vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
15.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly conduct other unauthorized activities via applet tags in HTML that bypass Java class restrictions (such as private constructors) by providing the class name in the code parameter, aka "Incomplete Java Object Instantiation Vulnerability."
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 15.4% 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-2002-1295

  • 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-2002-1295.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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