6.8

CVE-2008-1191: sun jdk

Modified
AliasesCGA-2pm8-p69c-3p82CGA-2q4j-r639-m9gqCGA-342h-h4q4-23r9
Published 06-03-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1191 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.65%
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 1 · Related 1
RHSA-2008:0267CGA-C8C6-7CJ4-V8HP

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via an untrusted application, a different issue than CVE-2008-1190, aka "The fifth issue."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.65% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Chainguard39 products
  • openjdk-11-openj9< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-dbg< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-jdk< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-jvm< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-doc< 0.59.0-r2
Sun2 products
  • jdk≤ 6_update_4
  • jre≤ 6_update_4

2 vendors · 41 products

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