CVE-2008-1186

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1186
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-06 21:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine for Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application or applet, a different issue than CVE-2008-1185, aka "the second issue."

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: CWE-264 | 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 1.5.0 All All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update1 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update10 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update11 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update12 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update13 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update2 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update3 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update4 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update5 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update7 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update8 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update9 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_1 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_10 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_11 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_12 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_13 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_14 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_15 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_16 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_2 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_3 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_4 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_5 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_6 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_7 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_8 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_9 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update1 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update10 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update11 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update12 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update13 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update3 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update4 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update5 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update7 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update8 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update9 All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_1 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_10 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_11 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_12 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_13 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_14 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_15 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_16 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_2 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_3 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_4 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_5 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_6 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_7 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_8 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-066A -- Sun Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities in Java af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
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 Third Party Advisory
Java Runtime Environment Virtual Machine Lets Remote Users Access Files and Gain Privileges on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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Gentoo update for ibm-jdk-bin and ibm-jre-bin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
#233321: Two Security Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment Virtual Machine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Sun Java (SUSE-SA:2008:0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
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About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2008-0010.3 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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