PT-2002-2244 · Microsoft · Java

Published 2002-11-14 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-1291

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: Microsoft Java implementation (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files and network shares via an applet tag with a codebase set to a "file://%00" (null character) URL. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1291

Affected Products

Java

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1291 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6138 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10584.php · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2 · Note