CVE-2009-3866

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3866
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-05 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id 6872824.

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 1.6.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_11 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_12 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_13 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_14 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_15 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_16 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_11 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_12 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_13 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_14 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_15 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_16 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_9 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 zerodayinitiative.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Java SE 6 Update 17 Release Notes. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 java.sun.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-ibm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02799 SSRT100867 rev.1 - HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) v9.0x Running JD' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
APPLE-SA-2009-12-03-1 Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Apple Mac OS X update for Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sun Java SE November 2009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE update for java-1_6_0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
#269870: Security Vulnerability in the Java Web Start Installer May be Leveraged to Allow Untrusted Java Web Start Application to Run As Trusted Application af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo updates for sun-jre-bin, sun-jdk, blackdown-jre, blackdown-jdk, and emul-linux-x86-java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2009-12-03-2 Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Sun Java 6 (SUSE-SA:2009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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