CVE-2002-0076
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.
- EPSS
- 27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- hp:java_jre-jdk
- microsoft:virtual_machine
- sun:jdk
- sun:jre
- sun:sdk
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/218
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8480.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4313
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-013
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/218