CVE-2008-5360
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable file names, which allows…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable file names, which allows attackers to write malicious JAR files via unknown vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.48% 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 3.5% 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.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32991Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33015Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33187Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33528Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33709Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33710Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34233Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34605Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34889Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34972Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38539Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244986-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-484.htmThird Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htmThird Party Advisory
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.