CVE-2008-0657

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow 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.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.77% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory bea.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11505 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27650 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498 third party advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0429 vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231261-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019308 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28795 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28888 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0123.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0657?
CVE-2008-0657 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0657?
To fix CVE-2008-0657, 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-2008-0657 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0657 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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