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CVE-2008-3115
Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution…
High7.5EPSS 7.0%
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Description
Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31600 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32018 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200911-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 32179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sun-securestatic-weak-security(43665) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 238966 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA08-193A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 37386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- 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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