CVE-2007-5238
Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5218)
- Published
- October 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5218 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27693(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27716(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1(Patch)
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25920
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018770
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36946
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11592
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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