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CVE-2002-0076

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• HP Java Jre-Jdk: 1.1.8, 1.2.2, 1.3
• Microsoft Virtual Machine: 3802
• Sun Jdk: 1.1.8-update14, 1.1.8-update8
• Sun Jre: 1.1.8-update14, 1.1.8-update8, 1.2.2-update10, 1.3.0-update5, 1.3.1-update1, 1.3.1-update1a
• Sun Sdk: 1.2.2_10, 1.2.2_010, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a, 1.3_05

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
• 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

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