National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-1292
Original release date:11/29/2002
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Microsoft Java virtual machine (VM) build 5.0.3805 and earlier, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to extend the Standard Security Manager (SSM) class (com.ms.security.StandardSecurityManager) and bypass intended StandardSecurityManager restrictions by modifying the (1) deniedDefinitionPackages or (2) deniedAccessPackages settings, causing a denial of service by adding Java applets to the list of applets that are prevented from running.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#237777
Name: VU#237777
External Source: XF
Name: msvm-ssm-restriction-bypass(10585)
External Source: BID
Name: 6133
External Source: MS
Name: MS02-069
External Source: NTBUGTRAQ
Name: 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities