CVE-2007-4381

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4381
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-17 21:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk All update9 All All
Application Sun Jre All update14 All All
Application Sun Sdk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: IBM Java (SUSE-SA:2008:0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-bea - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sun Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
BEA JRockit Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE update for IBM Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Bug Lets Remote Applets Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
APPLE-SA-2007-12-14 Java Release 6 for Mac OS X 10.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- BEA JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Sun JRE Font Parsing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for java-1.4.2-bea - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for java-1.4.2-bea - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Oracle Fusion Middleware Technologies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev2dev.bea.com
About the security content of Java Release 6 for Mac OS X 10.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Gentoo update for jrockit-jdk-bin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE update for java-1_5_0-ibm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for java-1.4.2-ibm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Mac OS X Java Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security update for java-1_5_0-ibm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com
#200392: Vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Code may Allow an Untrusted Applet to Elevate Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE update for IBMJava5-JRE and IBMJava5-SDK - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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