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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-1288 json

The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to determine the current directory of the Internet…

published 2002-11-14 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1272

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.4%
EPSS 17.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to determine the current directory of the Internet Explorer process via the getAbsolutePath() method in a File() call.

Exploit prediction

17.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.