HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-1105

Java vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12, 11, and 10 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a trusted applet to run in an older JRE version, which can be used to exploit vulnerabilities in that older version, aka CR 6706490.
Affected vendor
Sun
Affected product
Java
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2009-03-25

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-1105

  • Confirm whether Sun Java is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-1105.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2009-1105

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2009-1105 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2009-1105?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2009-1105.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.