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CVE-2007-5236
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application.
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 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- ADV-2007-3895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29042 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27693 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- javaweb-cache-information-disclosure(36946) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 29897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX02284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 27261 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- BEA08-198.00 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAx_transferred
- 25920 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 27716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 103073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_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-2007-5216 (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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