CVE-2002-0058

What it is

Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows remote malicious web sites to hijack or sniff a web client's sessions, when an HTTP proxy is being used, via a Java applet that redirects the session to another server, as seen in (1) Netscape 6.0 through 6.1 and 4.79 and earlier, (2) Microsoft VM build 3802 and earlier as used in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x, and possibly other implementations that use vulnerable versions of SDK or JDK.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.

Exploit odds

8.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2002-03-15 05:00 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-16 21:56 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 8.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 5.0 MEDIUM (CVSS).
• Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.

Details

Published

2002-03-15 05:00 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-16 21:56 UTC

Exploit probability

8.6% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Microsoft Virtual Machine 3802
• Sun Jdk 1.1.8
• Sun Jre 1.1.8
• Sun Jre 1.2.2
• Sun Jre 1.3.0
• Sun Sdk 1.1.8_007
• Sun Sdk 1.2.2_10
• Sun Sdk 1.2.2_010

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 5.0

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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