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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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- mitre
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.
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 (3 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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