CVE-2008-3440

CWE-94Code Injection4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDsun/java1.6.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-56rx-ch74-jh4v: Sun Java 12022-05-02
CVEList
CVE-2008-3440: Sun Java 12008-08-01

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
CVE-2008-3440: Sun Java 1