Vulnerability Note VU#307306
Microsoft Java implementation JDBC classes do not properly validate DLL requests
Overview
The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) classes of Microsoft's Java virtual machine (VM) do not properly validate DLL requests, allowing a malicious applet to load and execute any DLL on the client system.
Description
Microsoft's Java VM is installed on Windows 98, NT, 2000, and XP. It is used by Internet Explorer and Outlook Express to execute Java applets. The VM includes classes that provide JDBC functionality to Java applets. These classes do not properly validate requests to load and execute a DLL on the client system. Such requests are only to be honored if they come from applets that are authorized to load and execute DLLs. However, an unauthorized applet can send a request malformed in such a way that it will be accepted and honored by the JDBC classes. This vulnerability allows malicious Java applets to load and execute any DLL on the client system. |
Impact
A malicious Java applet can load and execute any DLL on the client system. |
Solution
Apply a patch |
Systems Affected (Learn More)
Vendor | Status | Date Notified | Date Updated |
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Microsoft Corporation | Affected | 10 Oct 2002 | 11 Oct 2002 |
CVSS Metrics (Learn More)
Group | Score | Vector |
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Base | N/A | N/A |
Temporal | N/A | N/A |
Environmental | N/A | N/A |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5670
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-052.asp
Credit
Thanks to Jouko Pynnonen for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
Other Information
- CVE IDs: CAN-2002-0866
- Date Public: 09 Sep 2002
- Date First Published: 11 Oct 2002
- Date Last Updated: 07 Nov 2003
- Severity Metric: 18.43
- Document Revision: 4
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