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CVE-2002-2284

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.79 allows remote attackers to bypass JVM security and execute arbitrary Java code via an applet that loads user-supplied Java classes.

Affected products

• Netscape Communicator: 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.51, 4.61 (+8)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103798147613151&w=2
• http://www.lsd-pl.net/documents/javasecurity-1.0.0.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6223
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10714
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103798147613151&w=2
• http://www.lsd-pl.net/documents/javasecurity-1.0.0.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6223
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10714

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