CVE-2002-0131
ActivePython ActiveX control for Python in the AXScript package, when used in Internet Explorer, does not prevent a script from reading files from the client's filesystem, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a malicious web page…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ActivePython ActiveX control for Python in the AXScript package, when used in Internet Explorer, does not prevent a script from reading files from the client's filesystem, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a malicious web page containing Python script.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.57% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- activestate/activepython
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://marc.info/?t=101113015900001&r=1&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7910.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3893
- http://marc.info/?t=101113015900001&r=1&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7910.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3893
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.