Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2007-5236

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application.

EPSS: 0.030 (85.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Sun Jdk — versions 1.5.0
Sun Jre — versions 1.4.2, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2
Sun Sdk — versions 1.4.2_03, 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)