CVE-2007-3504
Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 6.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- ADV-2007-2384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1018328 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 37755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- javaweb-javapolicy-code-execution(35169) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 102957 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 28115 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070702 High Risk Flaw in Sun's Java Web Start (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24695 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-3488 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-3504)Record last updated .