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CVE-2002-1257: Microsoft Virtual Machine: Remote code execution
CVE-2002-1257 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 8 affected products, including Microsoft Windows 2000. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM) up to and including build 5.0.3805 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by including a Java applet that invokes COM (Component Object Model) objects in a web site or an HTML mail.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions listed by NVD
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services: all versions listed by NVD
- Microsoft Windows 95: all versions listed by NVD
- Microsoft Windows 98: all versions listed by NVD
- Microsoft Windows 98se: all versions listed by NVD
- Microsoft Windows Me: all versions listed by NVD
- Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0 sp1; 4.0 sp2; 4.0 sp3; 4.0 sp4; 4.0 sp5; 4.0 sp6; 4.0 sp6a
- Microsoft Windows Xp: all versions listed by NVD