CVE-2007-5238 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2007-5238

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update...

Vulnerability Description

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

jdk, jre, sdk
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_8, 1.4.2_9, 1.4.2_10, 1.4.2_11, 1.4.2_12, 1.4.2_13, 1.4.2_14, 1.4.2_15, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a, 1.3.1_16, 1.3.1_18, 1.3.1_19, 1.3.1_20, 1.4.2_03, 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09

Timeline

Official Publish: October 6th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.