CVE-2008-5344
Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows untrusted applets to read arbitrary files and make…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows untrusted applets to read arbitrary files and make unauthorized network connections via unknown vectors related to applet classloading, aka 6716217.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.43% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre · sun/sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/50513
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33710
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244988-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-486.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.