CVE-2002-1286 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft's Java implementation, specifically affecting Internet Explorer. This flaw allows remote attackers to steal cookies and execute arbitrary script within a different security context. The vulnerability arises from improper parsing of URLs containing a colon in the domain, enabling a malicious applet to load within the security context of the visited site. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:java_virtual_machine:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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