CVE-2007-5237

Summary

CVE	CVE-2007-5237
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2007-10-06 00:17:00 UTC
Updated	2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Description	Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local files via an untrusted application, aka "two vulnerabilities."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Sun	Jdk	All	update2	All	All
Application	Sun	Jre	All	update1	All	All
Application	Sun	Jre	All	update2	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Security Announcement	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.novell.com
Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.gentoo.org
Webmail - OVH	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for sun-jdk, sun-jre-bin, and emul-linux-x86-java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	h20000.www2.hp.com
VMware ESX Server update for Tomcat and Java JRE - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
Webmail - OVH	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for ibm-jdk-bin and ibm-jre-bin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
Java Web Start Bugs Let Remote Users Read/Write Files on the Target User's System - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	security.gentoo.org
Sun Java WebStart Multiple File Access And Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Fusion Middleware Technologies	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	dev2dev.bea.com
IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE update for Sun Java - Advisories - Secunia	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
BEA JRockit Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
VMSA-2008-0010.3 - VMware	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.vmware.com
Repository / Oval Repository	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	oval.cisecurity.org
HP-UX update for JRE/JDK - Advisories - Secunia	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
#103073: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Java Web Start Relating to Local File Access	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	sunsolve.sun.com	Patch
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Organization	Published	Contributor	Statement
Red Hat	2007-10-08	Mark J Cox	Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Sun JDK as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 or 5.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.