CVE-2008-5340

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted JWS applications to gain privileges to access local files or applications via unknown vectors, aka 6727081.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.44% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory sun.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34447 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/34889 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34233 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6627 vdb entry signature
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-486.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38539 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0424 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
http://secunia.com/advisories/34605 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244988-1 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5340?
CVE-2008-5340 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5340?
To fix CVE-2008-5340, 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-2008-5340 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5340 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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