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CVE-2009-2672
The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, does not prevent access to browser cookies by untrusted (1) applets and (2) Java Web Start applications, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (11 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References31
- RHSA-2009:1200 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200911-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBUX02476 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 36199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36248 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7723 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA09-294A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 35943 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9359 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 36180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sun-jre-proxy-session-hijacking(52337) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 263409 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 36176 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1022659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 37300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 37386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html#150_20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2009-2665 (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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