CVE-2008-3109

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3109
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-09 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows 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 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jdk All update_6 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jre All update_6 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-193A -- Sun Java Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Sun Java Runtime Environment Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-bea - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for Sun Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Scripting Language Bugs Let Remote Users Access Files and Gain Privileges on the Target System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-ibm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
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SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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ASA-2008-509 (RHSA-2008-1045) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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