CVE-2002-0979: Microsoft Virtual Machine

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Java logging feature for the Java Virtual Machine in Internet Explorer writes output from functions such as System.out.println to a known pathname, which can be used to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Microsoft Virtual Machine: any version

Published 2002-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.