CVE-2008-3112
Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via the writeManifest method in the…
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via the writeManifest method in the CacheEntry class, aka CR 6703909.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 25.73% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre · sun/sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0955.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31010Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31600
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238905-1Patch
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.