PT-2002-2996 · Netscape · Netscape Communicator

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2002-2284

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Netscape Communicator versions 4.0 through 4.79

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to bypass JVM security and execute arbitrary Java code via an applet that loads user-supplied Java classes.

Recommendations: For versions 4.0 through 4.79, consider disabling the execution of user-supplied Java classes in applets as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2284

Affected Products

Netscape Communicator

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2284 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103798147613151&w=2 · Note
• http://lsd-pl.net/documents/javasecurity-1.0.0.pdf · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10714 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6223 · Note