CVE-2008-3109

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 09 Jul 2008, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 09:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
6.61% LOW
7% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Jul 2008, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 09:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier 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: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 6.61%• Percentile: 91%

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

    ≤ 6 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5

  • sun•jre

    ≤ 6 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5

References (28)