CVE-2002-1286 — 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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HIGH

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

Published Nov 14, 2002

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 20.50%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

20.50% 0.20503

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.20503

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	20.50% (0.20503)	97.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	20.50% (0.20503)	97.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 6, 2026	5.24% (0.05244)	90.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	6.95% (0.06953)	90.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	10.17% (0.10173)	88.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	7.55% (0.07553)	91.20th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.52% (0.01525)	87.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 12, 2023	1.85% (0.01855)	86.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2023	1.98% (0.01975)	87.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.59% (0.02593)	88.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	13.11% (0.13105)	95.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	13.11% (0.13105)	95.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	13.11% (0.13105)	90.51th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/657625
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6142
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10579
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103682630823080&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103684360031565&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/657625		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6142		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10579		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 14, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 13, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1286

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1286

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1286