CVE-2008-3115

Sun JDK and JRE < 6 - Unauthenticated Applet Execution via Secure Static Versioning Bypass

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30142
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020460
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43665
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238966-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010

Scores

EPSS 0.2557
EPSS Percentile 96.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-16
Status published
Products (6)
sun/jdk 5.0 update_10 (10 CPE variants)
sun/jdk 6 update_1 (5 CPE variants)
sun/jdk < 6
sun/jre 5.0 update_10 (10 CPE variants)
sun/jre 6 update_1 (5 CPE variants)
sun/jre < 6
Published Jul 09, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026