CVE-2008-5353
The 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 properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote…
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Description
The 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 properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by "deserializing Calendar objects".
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 85.81% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre · sun/sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html
- http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.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/50500
- 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/33709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33710
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35118
- 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=1-26-244991-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.