CVE-2009-2676

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in JNLPAppletlauncher in Sun Java SE, and SE for Business, in JDK and JRE 6 Update 14 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 19 and earlier; and Java SE for Business in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_21 and earlier; allows remote attackers to create or modify arbitrary files via vectors involving an untrusted Java applet that accesses an old version of JNLPAppletLauncher.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.09% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html	vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html	vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/56789	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022657	vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36248	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263490-1	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35946	vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37300	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8453	vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2676?: CVE-2009-2676 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2676?: To fix CVE-2009-2676, 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-2009-2676 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-2676 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.