CVE-2007-3504
Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.
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-22
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3488)
- Published
- June 30, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3488 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- sun / jdk
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / sdk
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/37755
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25823(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28115(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102957-1(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472673/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24695
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018328
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2384(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35169
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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