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CVE-2002-1290

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.3% 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 read and modify the contents of the Clipboard via an applet that accesses the (1) ClipBoardGetText and (2) ClipBoardSetText methods of the INativeServices class.

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.iss.net/security_center/static/10583.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6132
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10583.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6132

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