CVE-2008-3107

JDK untrusted applet/application privilege escalation (6661918)

Published Jul 9, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 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.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:28 AM
Reserved
Jul 9, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 9, 2008, 11:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Jul 8, 2008, 12:00 AM