CVE-2008-3109

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier 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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.61% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/32436 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43660 vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238687-1 patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30144 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8540 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-509.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1045.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33238 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020456 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3109?
CVE-2008-3109 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3109?
To fix CVE-2008-3109, 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-2008-3109 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3109 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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