CVE-2008-5340

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5340
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-05 11:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted JWS applications to gain privileges to access local files or applications via unknown vectors, aka 6727081.

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 5.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_11 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_12 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_13 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_14 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_15 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jdk 5.0 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 All All All
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 6 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jdk 6 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jdk All update_16 All All
Application Sun Jdk All update_10 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_17 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 5.0 All All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_11 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_12 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_13 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_14 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_15 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jre 5.0 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 All 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 6 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jre 6 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jre All All All All
Application Sun Jre All update_16 All All
Application Sun Jre All update_10 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_17 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
Application Sun Sdk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

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