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CVE-2002-1288

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.4% 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 determine the current directory of the Internet Explorer process via the getAbsolutePath() method in a File() call.

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.securityfocus.com/bid/6139
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6139

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