CVE-2002-1292

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-11-29 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:32:00

Affected Software

Microsoft JVM 1.1

1.1

References

20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities

20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities

VU#237777

US Government Resource

6133

MS02-069

msvm-ssm-restriction-bypass(10585)

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