CVE-2002-1292

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
7.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 8% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: November 29, 2002 (8567 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Microsoft Java virtual machine (VM) build 5.0.3805 and earlier, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to extend the Standard Security Manager (SSM) class (com.ms.security.StandardSecurityManager) and bypass intended StandardSecurityManager restrictions by modifying the (1) deniedDefinitionPackages or (2) deniedAccessPackages settings, causing a denial of service by adding Java applets to the list of applets that are prevented from running.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft java virtual machine

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com