CVE-2002-1288: Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 17.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Java Virtual Machine: version 1.1 only

Published 2002-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.