CVE-2008-0657

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0657
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-07 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk All All All All
Application Sun Jre All update13 All All
Application Sun Jre All update1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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#231261: Two Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment May Independently Allow an Untrusted Application or Applet to Elevate Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Red Hat Network Satellite Server Update for Sun Java / IBM Java Runtime - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Oracle Fusion Middleware Technologies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev2dev.bea.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 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
BEA JRockit Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.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
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
SUSE update for IBM Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
VMware ESX Server update for Tomcat and Java JRE - 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
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Sun JRE Applet Handling Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for ibm-jdk-bin and ibm-jre-bin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-ibm - 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
JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-sun - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
VMSA-2008-0010.3 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Sun Java RunTime Environment Read and Write Permission Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Java Runtime Environment Lets Remote Applets and Applications Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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