THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3553
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3553

J2me vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.9%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Nokia Series 40 3rd edition devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, probably related to MIDP privilege escalation and persistent MIDlets, aka "ISSUES 3-10." NOTE: as of 20080807, the only disclosure is a vague pre-advisory with no actionable information. However, because it is from a company led by a well-known researcher, it is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.
Affected vendor
Sun
Affected product
J2me
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-08-08

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3553

  • Confirm whether Sun J2me is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3553.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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