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CVE-2002-1291
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files and network shares…
Medium5.0EPSS 18.4%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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)
- 18.4% · top 2.8% 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)
- msvm-codebase-read-files(10584) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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