{"id":"CVE-2008-5355","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5355","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:35.992Z","title":"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 the signature of the JRE that is downloaded, which…","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 the signature of the JRE that is downloaded, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS man-in-the-middle attacks.","published":"2008-12-05T11:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:59:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["sun/jdk","sun/jre","sun/sdk"],"epss":{"score":0.08189,"percentile":0.94832,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/50498","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37386","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021315","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5664","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/50498","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37386","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021315","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5664","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5355","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}