PT-2002-2792 · Sun · Java Virtual Machine

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-2072

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) versions 1.2.2 through 1.3.1

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a JVM crash. This is achieved through a Java program that calls the doPrivileged method with a null argument.

Recommendations: For versions 1.2.2 and 1.3.1, consider restricting the use of the doPrivileged method until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2072

Affected Products

Java Virtual Machine

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3992 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21259 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securitytracker.com/id?1003418 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2072 · Security Note
• http://ohhara.sarang.net/security/jvmcrash.txt · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8042.php · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-2072 · Note