CVE-2007-3504

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35169

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2384

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018328

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24695

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472673/100/0/threaded

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102957-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/28115

http://secunia.com/advisories/25823

http://osvdb.org/37755

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-06-30

Updated: 2018-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical