Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0979

RCE

Title: IE Java logging feature writes to known path allows RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0979.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Sep 24, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.99%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0979: The Java logging feature for the Java Virtual Machine in Internet Explorer writes output from functions such as System.out.println to a known pathname, which can be used to execute arbitrary code.

Impacted Vendors

teradata 1

microsoft 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102961031107261&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9886.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5491 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102961031107261&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9886.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5491

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0979 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 24, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.