CVE-2009-1107

Description

The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, allows remote attackers to trick a user into trusting a signed applet via unknown vectors that misrepresent the security warning dialog, related to a "Swing JLabel HTML parsing vulnerability," aka CR 6782871.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.52% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-14-1	patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49460	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6585	vdb entry signature
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01745133	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35156	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1038.html	vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1198.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124344236532162&w=2	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34495	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36185	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35255	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1426	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34240	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34496	third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021920	vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254611-1	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1107?: CVE-2009-1107 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1107?: To fix CVE-2009-1107, 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-2009-1107 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-1107 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.