Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 238967 Security Vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment Virtual Machine may allow an untrusted Application or Applet to Elevate Privileges
Informations
Name SUN-238967 First vendor Publication 2008-07-08
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2008-07-08
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Product: Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE)
State: Resolved
First released: 08-Jul-2008

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_238967_security_vulnerability

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10219
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10219
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3107
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 359
Application 395
Application 93

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-28 Name : Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2
File : nvt/macosx_java_for_10_5_upd_2.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for Java 1.4.2
File : nvt/sles10_java-1_4_2-sun0.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Java2
File : nvt/sles9p5033740.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for Sun Java security update SUSE-SA:2008:042
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_042.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46963 Sun Java JDK / JRE Virtual Machine Untrusted Application Privilege Escalation

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-08-16 IAVM : 2012-A-0136 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Juniper Network Management Products
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033662

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-09-13 Name : The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : juniper_nsm_psn_2012_08_689.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-22 Name : The remote Unix host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerab...
File : sun_java_jre_5_16_unix.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-22 Name : The remote Unix host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerab...
File : sun_java_jre_6_7_unix.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-22 Name : The remote Unix host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerab...
File : sun_java_j2se_4_2_18_unix.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0594.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080714_java__jdk_1_5_0__on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0636.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-18 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200911-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12206.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0595.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2008-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_java-1_5_0-sun-080715.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_java-1_6_0-sun-080715.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-25 Name : The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : macosx_java_10_5_update2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-25 Name : The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : macosx_java_rel7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_java-1_4_2-sun-5430.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_java-1_4_2-sun-5431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_java-1_5_0-sun-5434.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_java-1_6_0-sun-5435.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-15 Name : The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple vulne...
File : sun_java_jre_5_16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-15 Name : The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple vulne...
File : sun_java_jre_6_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-15 Name : The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple vulne...
File : sun_java_j2se_4_2_18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO