CVE-2009-2689

Sun Java SE <5.0U20 & 6 < U15 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

JDK13Services.getProviders in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, grants full privileges to instances of unspecified object types, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an untrusted (1) applet or (2) application.

References (19)

[Vendor Advisory] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html

[Patch] http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html

[Various Sources] http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/36162

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/36180

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/36199

[Patch] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-22-1

[Patch] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513222

[Vendor Advisory] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9603

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543

Scores

EPSS 0.0751

EPSS Percentile 91.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

sun/java_se < 5.0

sun/java_se < 6

sun/openjdk

Timeline

Published Aug 10, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026