Quantum Secular Labs / Blog / Advisories

CVE-2002-2281: Symantec Java: Remote code execution

CVE-2002-2281 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Symantec Java. 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

Symantec Java! JIT (Just-In-Time) Compiler for Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java commands via an applet that uses a jump call, which is not correctly compiled by the JIT compiler.

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

• Symantec Java: 4.0; 4.4; 4.5; 4.06; 4.6; 4.07; 4.7; 4.08; 4.51; 4.61; 4.72; 4.73

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6222
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103798147613151&w=2
• http://www.lsd-pl.net/documents/javasecurity-1.0.0.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10711