CVE-2008-3107
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 14.53%• Percentile: 95%
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
≤ 5.0 | ≤ 6 | 5.0:update_1 | 5.0:update_10 | 5.0:update_11 | 5.0:update_12 | 5.0:update_13 | 5.0:update_14 | 5.0:update_2 | 5.0:update_3 | 5.0:update_4 | 5.0:update_5 | 5.0:update_6 | 5.0:update_7 | 5.0:update_8 | 5.0:update_9 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5
- sun•jre
≤ 1.4.2_17 | ≤ 5.0 | ≤ 6 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_01 | 1.4.2_02 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_04 | 1.4.2_05 | 1.4.2_06 | 1.4.2_07 | 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 | 1.4.2_16 | 5.0:update_1 | 5.0:update_10 | 5.0:update_11 | 5.0:update_12 | 5.0:update_13 | 5.0:update_14 | 5.0:update_2 | 5.0:update_3 | 5.0:update_4 | 5.0:update_5 | 5.0:update_6 | 5.0:update_7 | 5.0:update_8 | 5.0:update_9 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5
- sun•sdk
≤ 1.4.2_17 | 1.4.2_02 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_04 | 1.4.2_05 | 1.4.2_06 | 1.4.2_07 | 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 | 1.4.2_16
References (26)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238967-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43659
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020455
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31600
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30141
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31010