CVE-2007-5239

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 06 Oct 2007, 00:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 15:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
16/100
CVSS Score
4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.64% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Oct 2007, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 15:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted (1) applications and (2) applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to copy or rename arbitrary files when local users perform drag-and-drop operations from the untrusted application or applet window onto certain types of desktop applications.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.64%• Percentile: 82%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • sun•jdk

    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:update7 | 1.5.0:update8 | 1.5.0:update9 | 1.6.0:update1 | 1.6.0:update2

  • sun•jre

    1.3.0 | 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

  • sun•sdk

    1.3.1_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

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