CVE-2004-1029
The Sun Java Plugin capability in Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2_01, 1.4.2_04, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly restrict access between Javascript and Java applets during data transfer, which allows remote attackers to load unsafe classes and execute arbitrary code by using the reflection API to access private Java packages.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 17.0% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2004-1027)
- Published
- March 1, 2005
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2004-1027 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- conectiva / linux
- gentoo / linux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / java sdk-rte
- hp / java sdk-rte
- sun / jdk
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- sun / jdk
and 107 more…
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Symantec Enterprise Firewall v8.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria CRP205 - archived
References
- http://jouko.iki.fi/adv/javaplugin.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/updates/9.3/i386/rpm/i586/java-1_4_2-sun-src-1.4.2.08-0.1.i586.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13271(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29035(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/61
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101523-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57591-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257249
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=158&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/760344(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12317(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0599(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18188
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5674
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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