CVE-2008-5340

Java Web Start/JDK/JRE - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted JWS applications to gain privileges to access local files or applications via unknown vectors, aka 6727081.

References (32)

Core 32
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34447
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6627
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0424
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00003.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244988-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710

Scores

EPSS 0.0401
EPSS Percentile 88.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (22)
sun/jdk 5.0 update_1 (15 CPE variants)
sun/jdk 6 (10 CPE variants)
sun/jdk < 5.0
sun/jdk < 6
sun/jre 1.4.2_1
sun/jre 1.4.2_2
sun/jre 1.4.2_3
sun/jre 1.4.2_4
sun/jre 1.4.2_5
sun/jre 1.4.2_6
... and 12 more
Published Dec 05, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026