CVE-2015-5235
IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving
02 Description
IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving
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
- 3.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.3% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2015-10-09 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-07-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 3cef68e86f97cedc7f69bc0a372dd771ada4caf4a18d70763def00f01d1f1ab9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2817-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2817-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1595http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233697
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-15676http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.html
- www.securitytracker.com1033780http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033780
- mail.openjdk.java.net[distro-pkg-dev] 20150911 IcedTea-Web 1.6.1 and 1.5.3 releasedhttp://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0778http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-15677http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- icedtea-web Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- icedtea-web Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- icedtea-web Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- icedtea-web Fixed in 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.