01 Record
CVE-2007-5237
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-06 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 288fe54639d3a8cb70277b771c2a90f5e252067eca161a70382e6535e74d9a76
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3895http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895
- secunia.com30676http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- secunia.com29042http://secunia.com/advisories/29042
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5899https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5899
- secunia.com27693http://secunia.com/advisories/27693
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:055http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjavaweb-cache-information-disclosure(36946)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-28http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBUX02284http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533
- secunia.com29858http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0609http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609
- secunia.com27261http://secunia.com/advisories/27261
- dev2dev.bea.comBEA08-198.00http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272
- secunia.com30780http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- www.securityfocus.com25920http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1856http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- sunsolve.sun.com103073http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1
- www.securitytracker.com1018770http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-20http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200806-11http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml