4542Third-party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4542 CVE-2008-4910
Sun Java Web Start 1.0/1.2 - Remote Command Execution
Record summary
CVE-2008-4910 has a selected CVSS score of 10.0; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs on a client machine via a file:// URL argument to the showDocument method.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBSun Java Web Start 1.0/1.2 - Remote Command ExecutionExploitDB exploitby Varun SrivastavaNot analyzed1 file
References
620081025 Java Web start vulnerabilitymailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497799/100/0/threaded 20081031 Re: Java Web start vulnerabilitymailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497972/100/0/threaded 31916vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31916 sun-jws-showdocument-command-execution(46119)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46119 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4910