PT-2002-1217 · Activestate · Activepython

Published 2002-03-15 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-0131

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ActivePython (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the ActivePython ActiveX control for Python in the AXScript package. When used in Internet Explorer, it does not prevent a script from reading files from the client's filesystem. This allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a malicious web page containing Python script.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0131

Affected Products

Activepython

References · 5

• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7910.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0131 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/250814 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3893 · Note
• http://marc.info/?t=101113015900001&r=1&w=2 · Note