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CVE-2002-0131

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Activestate Activepython: 2.1

References

• http://marc.info/?t=101113015900001&r=1&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7910.php
• 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.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250814
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3893

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