PT-2002-1986 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2002-08-23 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-0979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description: The Java logging feature for the Java Virtual Machine in Internet Explorer has an issue where it writes output from functions such as System.out.println to a known pathname. This can be used to execute arbitrary code.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0979

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0979 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9886.php · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102961031107261&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5491 · Note