CVE-2007-5237

Jdk vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local files via an untrusted application, aka "two vulnerabilities."

Affected vendor

Sun

Affected product

Jdk

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Published

2007-10-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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