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CVE-2002-1286

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to steal cookies and execute script in a different security context via a URL that contains a colon in the domain portion, which is not properly parsed and loads an applet from a malicious site within the security context of the site that is being visited by the user.

Affected products

• Microsoft Java Virtual Machine: 1.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/657625
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6142
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10579
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/657625
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6142
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10579

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