2.6

CVE-2007-5238: sun jdk

Modified
Published 06-10-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5238 is a low (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 2.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
2.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2007:0963RHSA-2007:1041RHSA-2008:0132

Timeline

  1. 06-10-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.66% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Sun3 products
  • jdk1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update11 | 1.5.0:update12 | 1.5.0:update2 | 1.5.0:update3 | 1.5.0:update4 | 1.5.0:update5 | 1.5.0:update7 | 1.5.0:update8 | 1.5.0:update9 | 1.6.0:update1 | 1.6.0:update2
  • jre1.3.0 | 1.3.0:update5 | 1.3.1:update1 | 1.3.1:update16 | 1.3.1:update18 | 1.3.1:update19 | 1.3.1:update1a | 1.3.1:update20 | 1.4 | 1.4.1:update3 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_1 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_8 | 1.4.2_9 | 1.4.2_10 | 1.4.2_11 | 1.4.2_12 | 1.4.2_13 | 1.4.2_14 | 1.4.2_15 | 1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update11 | 1.5.0:update12 | 1.5.0:update2 | 1.5.0:update3 | 1.5.0:update4 | 1.5.0:update5 | 1.5.0:update6 | 1.5.0:update7 | 1.5.0:update8 | 1.5.0:update9 | 1.6.0:update_1 | 1.6.0:update_2
  • sdk1.3.1_01 | 1.3.1_01a | 1.3.1_16 | 1.3.1_18 | 1.3.1_19 | 1.3.1_20 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_08 | 1.4.2_09 | 1.4.2_10 | 1.4.2_11 | 1.4.2_12 | 1.4.2_13 | 1.4.2_14 | 1.4.2_15

1 vendor · 3 products

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