INFORMATION

Name : CVE-2008-3638 First Publication : 2008-09-26
Severity : Critical Last Modification : 2008-09-29

SCORING CVSS v2

Cvss Base Score : 9.3 Attack Range : Network
Cvss Impact Score : 10 Attack Complexity : Medium
Cvss Expoit Score : 8.6 Authentification : None Required

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DETAIL

Java on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 does not prevent applets from accessing file:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs.



CWE COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION

Weakness : CWE-94 - Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (From NVD)
CPE COMMON PLATFORM ENUMERATION (from NVD)


OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILTY DATABASE (OSVDB)

49092 : Java on Apple Mac OS X Applet file:// URL Arbitrary Program Execution.


SECONDARY(S) SOURCE(S)


Source : APPLE
Url : http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00007.html

Source : BID
Url : http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31380

Source : CONFIRM
Url : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179

Source : SECUNIA
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/32018