CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0076

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-03-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-03-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• hp java jre-jdk 1.1.8 • hp java jre-jdk 1.2.2 • hp java jre-jdk 1.3 • microsoft virtual machine 3802 • sun jdk 1.1.8 • sun jre 1.1.8 • sun jre 1.2.2 • sun jre 1.3.0 • sun jre 1.3.1 • sun sdk 1.2.2 10 • sun sdk 1.2.2 010 • sun sdk 1.3.1 01 • sun sdk 1.3.1 01a • sun sdk 1.3 05

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