CVE-2007-4381: sun jdk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-4381 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 5.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 15-08-2007)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5Timeline
- 17-08-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.42%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.42% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundSun Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 - Font Parsing Privilege Escalation
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
1 vendor · 3 products
References
29 links- docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177X Refsource MISC
- support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10290VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL