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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0076

CVE-2002-0076

Description

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Bytecode Verifier allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute commands via an applet containing an illegal cast operation, as seen in (1) Microsoft VM build 3802 and earlier as used in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x, (2) Netscape 6.2.1 and earlier, and possibly other implementations that use vulnerable versions of SDK or JDK, aka a variant of the "Virtual Machine Verifier" vulnerability.

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Affected products

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  • Microfocus/Java Jre Jdk3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:hp:java_jre-jdk:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:hp:java_jre-jdk:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:hp:java_jre-jdk:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:hp:java_jre-jdk:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Java Virtual Machine
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_machine:3802:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sun Corporation/Jdk2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.1.8:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.1.8:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.1.8:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sun Corporation/Jre6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.1.8:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.1.8:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.1.8:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.2.2:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sun Corporation/SDK5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.2.2_010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.2.2_010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.2.2_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.3_05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.3.1_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.3.1_01a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Microsoft VMllm-fuzzy
    Range: <=3802
  • Sun Corporation/Java Runtime Environmentllm-fuzzy
  • Netscape/Netscapellm-fuzzy
    Range: <=6.2.1

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