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CVE-2002-0131
ActivePython ActiveX control for Python in the AXScript package, when used in Internet Explorer, does not prevent a script from reading…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.6%
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
ActivePython ActiveX control for Python in the AXScript package, when used in Internet Explorer, does not prevent a script from reading files from the client's filesystem, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a malicious web page containing Python script.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20020116 Re: Serious privacy leak in Python for Windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020115 Serious privacy leak in Python for Windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- activepython-activex-read-files(7910) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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