# CVE-2002-0076: Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Bytecode Verifier allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute commands via an applet conta

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2003-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-013
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8480.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4313
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/218

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