Vulnerability in Sun Jdk
CVE-2008-5353
The 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 properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by "deserializing Calendar objects".
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.858 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.858 · newest: 0.858 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34259 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33015 (third-party-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
- secunia.com/advisories/34889 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34233 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-5353?
- CVE-2008-5353 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk. Published 2008-12-05.
- Is CVE-2008-5353 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.