Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2008-5343

Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows remote attackers to make unauthorized network connections and hijack HTTP sessions via a crafted file that validates as both a GIF and a Java JAR file, aka "GIFAR" and CR 6707535.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.051 (92.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.1% 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-2008-5343: held from 0.051 to 0.051.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.051 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Sun Jdk — versions 5.0, 6
  • Sun Jre — versions 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3
  • Sun Sdk — versions 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3

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