Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 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.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2

http://secunia.com/advisories/31010

http://secunia.com/advisories/31055

http://secunia.com/advisories/31497

http://secunia.com/advisories/31600

http://secunia.com/advisories/32018

http://secunia.com/advisories/32179

http://secunia.com/advisories/32180

http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238967-1

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30141

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020455

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43659

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10219

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0