CVE-2008-5353
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 86.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier does not properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by "deserializing Calendar objects".
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Sun Java Calendar Deserialization Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/java_calendar_deserializeRank excellentdisclosed 3 Dec 2008
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Signed Applet Social Engineering - Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16302remote, multiplepublished 8 Jan 2011Verified
- Sun Java - Calendar Deserialization (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16293remote, multiplepublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Apple Mac OSX - Java applet Remote Deserialization Remote (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8753remote, osxpublished 20 May 2009Verified
- Sun Java Runtime and Development Kit 6 Update 10 - Calendar Deserialization (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9948remote, multiplepublished 3 Dec 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 86.1% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
42
- SSRT090049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 34259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0672 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 33015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34889 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34233 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200911-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSRT080111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 38539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 35065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20090524 Hardening OSX against CVE-2008-5353 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:1025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0445 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 244991 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TA08-340A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 33709 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid= (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34605 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 35118 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 37386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33710 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5330 (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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