Description
Sun Java 1.6.0_03 and earlier versions, and possibly later versions, does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020584
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0070
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (2)
sun/java
1.6.0 (3 CPE variants)
sun/java
< 1.6.0
Published
Aug 01, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026