CVE-2008-5340 — JDK vulnerability

CWE-2645 documents5 sources

Severity

10.0CRITICALNVD

EPSS

4.0%

top 11.54%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

SUN JDK SUN JRE SUN SDK

Timeline

PublishedDec 5

Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDsun/jdk5.0+3

▶NVDsun/jre1.4.2_18+21

▶NVDsun/sdk1.4.2_18+17

Patches

Patch: sunsolve.sun.com ↗Patch: sunsolve.sun.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-xxwj-cpv6-f4hc: 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↗2022-05-17

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CVEList

CVE-2008-5340: 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↗2008-12-05

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

Java WebStart privilege escalation↗2008-12-04

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2008-5340 Java WebStart privilege escalation↗2008-12-05

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