Description
The Microsoft Java implementation, as used in Internet Explorer, can provide HTML object references to applets via Javascript, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash due to illegal memory accesses) and possibly conduct other unauthorized activities via an applet that uses those references to access proprietary Microsoft methods.
References
- msvm-html-object-dos(10587) vdb-entry
- 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 6135 vdb-entry
- 20021108 Technical information about unpatched MS Java vulnerabilities mailing-list