CVE-2007-5238

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."

Score: CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low
Status: Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published: 2007-10-06
Last modified: 2024-08-07
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Affected products

References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27206
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716
http://secunia.com/advisories/27804
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609