01 Record
CVE-2008-5355
The "Java Update" feature for Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier does not verify
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The "Java Update" feature for Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier does not verify
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
- 8.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% 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
- Critical. 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
- 2008-12-05 11:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 00627632ceca235b01fc7ae93bb3a13388eabb153f4e7d1906fa4e8c9edf36dc
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1021315http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021315
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5664https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5664
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200911-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- www116.nortel.comhttp://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
- sunsolve.sun.com244989http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3339http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
- osvdb.org50498http://osvdb.org/50498
- www.us-cert.govTA08-340Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
- support.nortel.comhttp://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
- secunia.com37386http://secunia.com/advisories/37386