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CVE-2007-5238

Date: October 5, 2007

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (35)

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11592

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29042

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27261

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30676

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27716

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5238

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29858

Url: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29897

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28880

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27693

Url: http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27804

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28777

Url: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27206

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5238

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.6
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2007-5238

Date: October 5, 2007

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