CVE-2007-4381

Sun JDK < 1.5.0 and JRE < 1.4.2 and SDK < 1.4.2_14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Font Parsing

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-4381. PoCs published by John Heasman.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Sun Java Runtime Environment (CVE-2007-4381), allowing arbitrary code execution via a malicious Java applet. No actual exploit code is present; only a reference to a binary exploit is provided.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by John Heasman · textremotejava
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30502

The provided text describes a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Sun Java Runtime Environment (CVE-2007-4381), allowing arbitrary code execution via a malicious Java applet. No actual exploit code is present; only a reference to a binary exploit is provided.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Sun Java Runtime Environment
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction to load a malicious Java applet
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (29)

Core 29
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26402
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_bea
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103024-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28056
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10290
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2910
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36061
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018576
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3009
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25340
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631

Scores

EPSS 0.0542
EPSS Percentile 91.7%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
sun/jdk < 1.5.0
sun/jre < 1.4.2
sun/sdk < 1.4.2_14
Published Aug 17, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026