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CVE-2007-5239
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK…
Medium4.0EPSS 2.5%
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- mitre
Description
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted (1) applications and (2) applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to copy or rename arbitrary files when local users perform drag-and-drop operations from the untrusted application or applet window onto certain types of desktop applications.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (36)
- RHSA-2008:0132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:1041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 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
- 103072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- sun-java-dragdrop-weak-security(36950) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- HPSBUX02284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 29858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0963 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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
- 20071029 FLEA-2007-0061-1 sun-jre sun-jdk (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- BEA08-198.00 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAx_transferred
- 30780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28880 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- 29214 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29340 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-200806-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8758 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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)
Record last updated .