{"id":"CVE-2002-1291","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1291","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:39:15.186Z","title":"The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files and network shares via an applet tag with a codebase set to a \"file://%00\" (null character) URL.","description":"The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files and network shares via an applet tag with a codebase set to a \"file://%00\" (null character) URL.","published":"2002-11-29T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:59:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/java virtual machine"],"epss":{"score":0.18372,"percentile":0.97207,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10584.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6138","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10584.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6138","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1291","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}