CVE-2007-4381

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 16.43% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory bea.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933	third party advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://secunia.com/advisories/26402	third party advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248	vendor advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897	third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103024-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28056	third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10290	signature vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2910	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36061	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018576	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3009	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25340	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4381?: CVE-2007-4381 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4381?: To fix CVE-2007-4381, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4381 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-4381 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.