CVE-2008-1191

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1191
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 Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via an untrusted application, a different issue than CVE-2008-1190, aka "The fifth issue."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk All All All All
Application Sun Jre All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.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 Vendor 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 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 Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Java Web Start Buffer Overflows and Other Bugs Let Remote Users Read/Write Files and Execute Applications on the Target User's System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
#233323: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Java Web Start May Allow an Untrusted Application to Elevate Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX Server update for Tomcat and Java JRE - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
SUSE update for Sun Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mac OS X Java Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com 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 Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Sun Java (SUSE-SA:2008:0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
VMSA-2008-0010.3 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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