CVE-2002-0076

High

Description

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Bytecode Verifier allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute commands via an applet containing an illegal cast operation, as seen in (1) Microsoft VM build 3802 and earlier as used in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x, (2) Netscape 6.2.1 and earlier, and possibly other implementations that use vulnerable versions of SDK or JDK, aka a variant of the "Virtual Machine Verifier" vulnerability.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductHp Java Jre-jdk
PublishedMar 19, 2002
First seenMar 19, 2002

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hp java_jre-jdk1.1.8, 1.2.2, 1.3—
microsoft virtual_machine3802—
sun jdk1.1.8—
sun jre1.1.8, 1.2.2, 1.3.0, 1.3.1—
sun sdk1.2.2_10, 1.2.2_010, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a, 1.3_05—

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