Remote Code Execution and Cookie Theft Vulnerability in Microsoft Java Implementation

CVE-2002-1286 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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