Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2009-3866

The Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id 6872824.

EPSS: 0.062 (92.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Sun Jdk — versions 1.6.0
  • Sun Jre — versions 1.6.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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