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.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2007-5236: held from 0.030 to 0.030.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

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